George More

Sir George More (28 November 1553 – 16 October 1632)[1] was an English courtier and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1584 and 1625.

[2] He was educated at the Royal Grammar School, Guildford and Corpus Christi College, Oxford.

[5] Among his other roles, More was treasurer and receiver general to James I's son, Henry, Prince of Wales, and Chancellor of the Order of the Garter.

[4] In April 1607 the Earl of Dorset wrote to More hoping he could influence the Countess of Cumberland to arrange the marriage of her daughter Lady Anne Clifford to his grandson Richard Sackville.

[7] 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:[8] 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.