Hervey Redmond Morres, 2nd Viscount Mountmorres

Hervey Redmond Morres, 2nd Viscount of Mountmorres (c. 1743 – 1797) was an Anglo-Irish politician and writer.

Hervey Redmond immatriculated at Christ Church, Oxford in April 1763.

[3] In April 1766 while still studying at Oxford, Hervey Redmond succeeded his father as second viscount.

A new Lord Lieutenant, Viscount Townshend was appointed in August 1767 and arrived in Dublin in October[6][7] The Octennial Act 1767 was passed in February 1768.

It limited the duration of parliaments to eight years, leading to more frequent general elections.

This guarantee was refused and the bill was rejected by the Irish Commons in April.

[9] In 1774, Mountmorres stood for election as MP for Westminster in the British house of commons but was defeated.

Mountmorres died on 17 or 18 August 1797 in his London home at 6 York Street, Westminster.