A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Moriarty, Merion Marshall
MORIARTY. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 9; h-p., 31.)
Merion Marshall Moriarty is brother of Commander Wm. Moriarty, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 18 Feb. 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Minotaur 74, Capt. Chas. John Moore Mansfield, successive flag-ship of Admirals Wm. Essington and Sir Chas. Cotton, with the latter of whom, after assisting at the reduction of Copenhagen, he removed, as Midshipman, in Jan. 1808, to the Hibernia 110, and proceeded off Lisbon. In Nov. 1812, up to which period he had been further employed under the orders of Sir C. Cotton, and also of Lord Keith, in the San Josef 110, on the Mediterranean and Channel stations, he joined the Révolutionnaire 38, Capt. John Chas. Woolcombe, cruizing among the Western Islands. He removed, in Aug. 1814, to the Cydnus 38, Capt. Fred. Langford, attached to the Channel fleet, where he served until Feb. 1814. In the following summer he proceeded to the West Indies as Acting-Lieutenant of the Hazard sloop, Capt. John Cookesley, in which vessel, being confirmed to her 26 Sept. following, he afterwards visited Newfoundland. He invalided home in Sept. 1815; and has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Moriarty, who had previously had command for several years of the Bristol Company’s steam-ship Queen, has filled the appointment, since 1842, of Port Officer at Sydney, New South Wales. He married Anne, daughter of the late Major Edw. Orpen, of Killowen, co. Kerry, by whom he has issue four sons (the eldest a Barrister-at-law) and seven daughters. Agent – J. Hinxman.