A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Moore, John (a)

←

Moore, Howard

A Naval Biographical Dictionary
edited by William R. O'Byrne

Moore, John (a)

Moore, John (b)

→

sister projects: Wikidata item

1840159A Naval Biographical Dictionary — Moore, John (a)William Richard O'Byrne

Layout 4

MOORE. (Commander, 1843. f-p., 10; h-p., 3.)

John Moore is son of the late Admiral Sir Graham Moore,^[1] G.C.B., G.C.M.G., by Dora, daughter of Thos. Eden, Esq., of Wimbledon, Deputy-Auditor of Greenwich Hospital, sister of Capt. Henry Eden, R.N., and niece of William, first Lord Auckland. He is nephew of the gallant Lieut.-General Sir John Moore, who fell at Corunna in Jan. 1809, and of the late Fras. Moore, Esq., Under Secretary at War. He descends from Capt. Chas. Moore, an officer in the army, who served in the wars of William III.

This officer entered the Navy 7 Feb. 1834; passed his examination 10 March, 1841; and, on 22 Sept. following, after serving at Plymouth, as Mate, on board the Caledonia 120, his father’s flag-ship, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. _ On 30 Oct. in the same year he was nominated Additional-Lieutenant of the Queen 110, fitting at Portsmouth for the flag of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen; and he was next, from 26 July, 1842, until advanced to his present rank 22 Nov. 1843, employed on the Mediterranean station in the Aigle 24, Capt. Lord Clarence Edw. Paget. He has had command, since 12 Nov. 1846, of the Harlequin 12, again in the Mediterranean.

↑ Sir Graham Moore commanded the Bonetta sloop of war in 1793. He attained Post-rank 2 April, 1794; and was afterwards Captain of the Syren 32, Melampus of 42 guns and 267 men, Indefatioable 44, Marlborough 74, Royal Sovereign yacht, and Chatham 74. In the Melampus he succeeded, after having taken part in the action between Sir John Borlase Warren and Commodore Bompart, in effecting the capture, 14 Oct. 1798, of the French frigate La Résolue of 40 guns and 500 men, including troops; and in the Indefatigable he commanded a squadron at the capture of three Spanish frigates laden with treasure, and the destruction of a fourth, off Cape St. Mary, 5 Oct. 1804. In the Marlborough, with several other ships of the line under his orders, he escorted the royal family of Portugal on the occasion of its flight from Lisbon to the Brazils in 1807. For this service he was created a Knight of the Tower and Sword, When the Walcheren was evacuated in 1809, being still in the Marlborough, he was intrusted with the duty of destroying the basin, arsenal, and sea defences of Flushing. Attaining Flag-rank 12 Aug. 1812, he assumed, soon, the chief command on the Baltic station; and was next employed as Captain of the North Sea fleet under Lord Keith. After filling, for four years, a seat at the Board of Admiralty, he was appointed, in 1820, Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean, where he continued until 1823. He was nominated a K.C.B. in 1815, a G.C.M.G. in 1832, and a G.C.B. in 1836; became a Vice-Admiral 12 Aug. 1819, and a full Admiral 10 Jan. 1837; and from April, 1839, until April, 1842, was Commander-in-Chief at Plymouth. He died an Admiral of the White at the close of 1843.

[1] Sir Graham Moore commanded the Bonetta sloop of war in 1793. He attained Post-rank 2 April, 1794; and was afterwards Captain of the Syren 32, Melampus of 42 guns and 267 men, Indefatioable 44, Marlborough 74, Royal Sovereign yacht, and Chatham 74. In the Melampus he succeeded, after having taken part in the action between Sir John Borlase Warren and Commodore Bompart, in effecting the capture, 14 Oct. 1798, of the French frigate La Résolue of 40 guns and 500 men, including troops; and in the Indefatigable he commanded a squadron at the capture of three Spanish frigates laden with treasure, and the destruction of a fourth, off Cape St. Mary, 5 Oct. 1804. In the Marlborough, with several other ships of the line under his orders, he escorted the royal family of Portugal on the occasion of its flight from Lisbon to the Brazils in 1807. For this service he was created a Knight of the Tower and Sword, When the Walcheren was evacuated in 1809, being still in the Marlborough, he was intrusted with the duty of destroying the basin, arsenal, and sea defences of Flushing. Attaining Flag-rank 12 Aug. 1812, he assumed, soon, the chief command on the Baltic station; and was next employed as Captain of the North Sea fleet under Lord Keith. After filling, for four years, a seat at the Board of Admiralty, he was appointed, in 1820, Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean, where he continued until 1823. He was nominated a K.C.B. in 1815, a G.C.M.G. in 1832, and a G.C.B. in 1836; became a Vice-Admiral 12 Aug. 1819, and a full Admiral 10 Jan. 1837; and from April, 1839, until April, 1842, was Commander-in-Chief at Plymouth. He died an Admiral of the White at the close of 1843.

[1]