George More

Sir George More (28 November 1553 – 16 October 1632) was an English courtier and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1584 and 1625.

Early life More was the son of Sir William More of Loseley Park, Surrey and his second wife, Margaret Daniell, daughter of Ralph Daniell of Swaffham, Norfolk.

He was educated at the Royal Grammar School, Guildford and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He left Oxford after failing his academic exercises, and was admitted to Inner Temple in 1574. He was a Justice of the Peace for Surrey and Sussex and Deputy Lieutenant for Surrey.

Career In 1584, More was elected Member of Parliament for Guildford and was re-elected MP for Guildford in 1586 and 1589. He was provost marshal for Surrey in 1589. From 23 June 1601 to 1613, he was Chamberlain of the Receipt in the Exchequer.

Marriages and issue More married first Anne Poynings (died 19 November 1590), (daughter of Sir Adrian Poynings of Burnegate, Dorset and Mary West), by whom he had four sons and five daughters:

Sir Robert More. George More. William More. He was a young companion of Prince Henry, and wrote to his father for a horse to ride with the Prince to visit some paper mills. John More. Mary More, who married Sir Nicholas Throckmorton. Margaret More, who married Sir Thomas Grimes. Anne More, who married the poet John Donne, much against the wishes of her father, who had Donne imprisoned as a result, though they were later reconciled. Elizabeth More, who married Sir John Mills. Frances More, who married Sir John Oglander.

He married secondly Constance Michell, widow of Richard Knight, esquire, and daughter and co-heir of John Michell the younger of Stammerham (died 1555), near Horsham, West Sussex, by whom he had no issue.