His nephew John Walcot, who had acquired the manor of Bishop's Castle and was Tory MP for Shropshire in the same parliament, voted for the Opposition and was stirred up by his colleagues to give grief to his uncle in the run-up to the 1734 British general election.
[5] Out of Parliament, More started building Linley Hall in 1742 from designs by Henry Joynes, who was clerk of the works to John Vanbrugh at Blenheim Palace.
In 1749 he set out for Portugal, and in October was at Madrid where he became intimate with Benjamin Keene and Spanish ministers, and promoted administrative reform.
[4] On 25 October 1753, More was invited, by a group of Protestant Dissenters and burgesses of Shrewsbury, to become a candidate at the forthcoming general election.
He was adopted the following day, and with the support of local Whigs and Tories was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury at the 1754 British general election.
He made two speeches in the Parliament - on the motion to increase the judges’ salaries on 16 June 1758, and when the House was returning thanks to Speaker Onslow on 18 March 1761.
[6] An enthusiastic botanist, More was a friend of Linnæus,[5] He married as his second wife Catherine More, daughter of Thomas More of Millichope on 8 February 1768.