Field Marshal Charles Moore, 1st Marquess of Drogheda KP PC (Ire) (29 June 1730 – 22 December 1822[1]) was a British Army officer and politician.

He bore the colours of his regiment at the Battle of Culloden in April 1746 during the Jacobite rising of 1745 and later commanded the 18th Light Dragoons during operations against the Whiteboys in Ireland.

[3] Moore joined the Army in 1744 as a cornet in the 12th Dragoons,[4] and bore the colours at the Battle of Culloden in April 1746 during the Jacobite risings.

[5] He became Member of Parliament for Horsham in 1776,[8] and having been promoted to lieutenant-general on 29 August 1777,[13] he was appointed one of the Founder Knights of the Order of St. Patrick on 17 March 1783.

[5] Created Marquess of Drogheda in the Peerage of Ireland in July 1791[15] in recognition of the support he had given the Government, Moore was promoted to full general on 12 October 1793.