Name

George Moore

Biography

Merchant, landowner, and the most documented private individual in eighteenth-century Mann. His Letter Books, preserved at Bridge House and now in the Manx Museum, provide the richest surviving account of Manx commercial and social life before the Revestment. Moore traded across the Irish Sea, built roads at his own expense, and recorded everything.

Active Period

c.1709 - 1787

Also Known As

George Moore (Bridge House)

Place

Douglas

Bridge House

Family / Group

Moore family

Period

The Atholl Lordship

The Revestment (1765)

Role / Office

Merchant

Landowner

Speaker of the House of Keys

Book Chapter

Chapter 5

Chapter 6