BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. 363 Mooxt of miitvtoih MOORE, WALTER MONTAGU, Esq. of Wierton, Geraldine, New Zealand, J. P., Major, South Canterbury Rifle Battalion, New Zealand Volunteers; elected in November, 1887, member of the Geraldine County- Council (triennial elections), and appointed by that body to represent them on the South Canterbury Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, h. 31st October, 1851, at Frittenden House, Staplehurst, co. Kent, England ; m. 15th May, 1879, at Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand, Katherine, daughter of Archibald Watson, Esq. of Shand, Te Whakurn, Chatham Islands, New Zealand, late resident magistrate of Chatham Islands, and has issue, I. Walter Hugh, b. 30th January, 1881. Mr. Moore, in partnership with his brothers, Henry Walter and Francis Edward, owns property near Geraldine, known as Gapes Valley, first possessed in March, 1878, and in partnership with his brother, Francis Edward, is part owner of a leasehold sheep-run in the Chatham Islands, known as " Moreroa." HinEHCK. The Most Eev. John Moore, D.D. Archbisliop of Canterbury, the great grand- father of Mr. Walter M. Mcore, was b. in the city of Gloucester ; educated at Pembroke College, Oxford, and, in May, 1759, was ad- mitted fellow of Worcester College, on Dr. Clarke's foundation ; in 1761 he had a pre- bend of Durham conferred on him, and in May, 1763, a canonry of Christ Church, in Oxford ; in November, 1769, he was inducted to the rectory of Eyton, and on the 20th September, 1771, was installed dean of Canterbury, from which he was removed, in 1775, to the bishopric of Bangor, and from thence translated to the see of Canterbury. Archbishop Moore m., in 1770, Catherine, second daughter of Sir Eobert Eden, third bart. of West Auckland, co. Durham, and sister of William, first Lord Auckland, and of Morton, first Lord Henley, and by her had issue. His eldest son, Eev. Geoege Moore, M.A., rector of Wrotham, co. Kent, and canon of Canterbury, m. first. Lady Maria Elizabeth Hay, daughter of James, thirteenth Earl of ErroU (see Burke's Peerage) . She i^. in ISOi. He «;. secondly, in 1806, Han-iet Mary, daughter of Sir Brook Bridges, third bart. of Goodneston, co. Kent (by Fanny, his wife, daughter of Edward Fowler, Esq. of Graces, co. Essex, son of Christopher Fowler, Esq., and Frances, his wife, daughter of Henry Mildmay, Esq. of Graces, co. Essex, by Mary, his wife, sister and co-heir of Benjamin Mildmay, Baron Fitz-Walter), and aunt of Baron Fitz-Walter (who was so created 17tli April, 1868), and by her had issue, I. George Bridges (Eev.) , rector of Tun- stall, CO. Kent, m. three times, and d. in 1885, leaving issue (besides three daughters, uiiml), 1. John, late of the Eitie Brigade. 2. George, captain E.N. 1. Charlotte, vnm. 2. Mary, in. Eev. Scott Eobertson, canon of Canterbury. 3. Dora, m. E. Twopenny, Esq. of Sittingbourne, co. Kent. II. Edward (Eev.), of whom presently. III. William, of Wierton, Maidstone, co. Kent, of Arthur's Club, London, and of the Eoyal Yacht Club, Cowes, Isle of Wight, J.P. for co. Kent, high sherifi 1S67, formerly in the H. E. I. Co 's maritime service ; b. in 1815; m. 1813, Anne, youngest daugh- ter and co-heir of the late Walter Jones, Esq. of Ballinamore. She d. s.p.,
1882.
IV. Henry Talbot, of Southborough, Tunbridge Wells, co. Kent, m. Miss Eliza Deecles, and d. s.p., in 1883. I. Isabella, m. Colonel Young, of Clare Priory, co. Suffolk, and has fourteen children. II. Emily, m. Eev. Edward Burney, of Thurnham Vicarage, co. Kent, who d., leaving issue, 1. Edward Moore (Rev.), B.A. Oxford, vicar of St. Andrew's, Wolverhampton, co. Si afford. 2. Arthur George, barrister-at-law, of 24, Old-buildings, London, called to the Bar at the Inner Temple, 26th January, 1878. 3. Herbert Henry, captain Gordon
