MOORE, Richard Gillachrist (1931-2019)

[Richard R]

From the Telegraph of 17 May 2019: MOORE Richard Gillachrist, died in The Conquest Hospital, Hastings, on Wednesday 15th May, aged 88 years. Husband of Ann, father to Charles, Charlotte and Rowan, beloved grandfather, great-grandfather, uncle and great-uncle. Funeral Service at St Mary Magdalene, Whatlington TN33 0NE, at 2 p.m. on Friday 31st May 2019. Donations, if desired, to Freedom from Torture. Further enquiries to C. Waterhouse and Sons, Mabels Cottage, High Street, Burwash...

He was s of Sir Alan Hilary MOORE 2nd Bt (1882-1959) and Hilda Mary (1897-1950) d of Rt Rev Winfrid Oldfield BURROWS (1858-1929), sometime Bishop of Chichester, and Mary TALBOT (1862-1897), scion of the SHREWSBURY earls, COBHAM viscounts, DOWNSHIRE marquesses, LEINSTER dukes, INCHIQUIN earls etc etc. He m 1955 Ann Hilary (b c1932) d of Wing-Cdr Charles Cleaver MILES MC RAF (1887-1949) by his 1928 m (reg Q4 London) to Sydney BROWN (1893-1950), and had two sons and a dau. He was 2nd in line to the title after the unm ha of the present Bt. His elder son (Charles Hilary Moore (b 1957) the journalist & former Telegraph Editor and official biographer of PM Margaret Thatcher, who is m with a son (William (b 1990) who married in 2015, 3rd in line) and a dau) now occupies 2nd place in the line of succession.

Charles Moore's brother Rowan (b 1961) and Rowan's son Felix (b 1994) occupy the final 4th and 5th places in the line of succession.

[colinp]

Obituary in Daily Telegraph 25 May 2019 - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2019/05/24/richard-moore-liberal-campaigned-join-remain-eec-right-hand/

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Richard Moore, who has died aged 88, was a gifted, internationalist Liberal who was one of the earliest and most consistent campaigners for Britain to join – and then stay in – the European Community. He was also important in helping his party hold to the centre ground during the Cold War, eloquently advocating the nuclear deterrent against Soviet communism.

Descended through his father from a long line of Liberal MPs, Moore joined the party in 1951 and was an active Liberal Democrat to the end. He attended every Liberal Assembly from 1953 until 2017, a record. The high point of his influence inside the party was as political secretary to Jeremy Thorpe from 1967 to 1973.

When the clouds of scandal later gathered over the Liberal leader, breaking in 1976, Moore was one of the last to remain convinced of his innocence. The most he would ever say against Thorpe was that “he was not very wise in his choice of friends.”

Richard Gillachrist Moore was born on February 20 1931, the younger son of Sir Alan Moore, 2nd Bt, and his wife Mary (née Burrows). When his parents took Jewish refugees from Hitler into their house in Sussex in the late 1930s, he developed a lifelong hatred of totalitarianism and an equally strong sympathy and admiration for the Jewish people.

Richard Moore’s wife Ann (née Miles) became a Liberal county councillor. She survives him, with their children, Charles, Charlotte and Rowan, all of whom are writers. Charles Moore also began as a Liberal; he later became the editor of The Daily Telegraph and authorised biographer of Margaret Thatcher.

Richard Moore, born February 20 1931, died May 15 2019  

[Richard R]

Obit in the Times of 3 July 2019: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/register/richard-moore-obituary-22m07rjcc