MOORE. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Charles Moore entered the Navy 23 Nov. 1825; passed his examination in 1833; and obtained his commission 15 March, 1841. His succeeding appointments were – 17 March, 1841, as Additional-Lieutenant, to the Southampton 50, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Durnford King, Commander-in-Chief at the Brazils and Cape of Good Hope – 25 Nov. 1841, to the Pearl 20, Capt. Rich. Henry Stopford, on the South American station, whence he returned to England and was paid off in 1844 – and, 11 March, 1845, to the Canopus 80, Capt. Fairfax Moresby, with whom he was for about 12 months employed on Home service. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
MOORE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 1 1; h-p., 32.)
Edward Moore entered the Navy, 5 Nov. 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Neptune 98, Capts. Sir Thos. Williams and Thos. Fras. Fremantle, stationed in the Channel and off Cadiz; and from Dec. 1806 until Jan. 1812 was employed, as Midshipman (a rating he had attained in Dec. 1805) and Master’s Mate, in the Dreadnought 98, Capts. Wm. Lechmere, Geo. Burgoyne Salt, Valentine Collard, and Sam. Hood Linzee (flag-ship for some time of Rear-Admiral Thos. Sotheby), in the Channel, off Rochefort and Lisbon, and in the Baltic. During the next two years and seven months we find him serving on the Home and Brazilian stations, in the Bulwark 74, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Rich. King, Montagu 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Manley Dixon, and Nereus 42, Capt. Manley Hall Dixon. He was then, 2 Sept. 1814, appointed to the Albacore sloop, Capt. Joseph Patey, in which vessel he continued, still at the Brazils, until July, 1815; at which period he took up a commission bearing date 13 of the preeding March. He has since been on half-pay.
MOORE. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 10; h-p., 33.)
Howard Moore entered the Navy, in Jan. 1804, as Midshipman, on board the Renard 14, Lieut.-Commander Rich. Spencer, stationed in the Mediterranean; where, from Oct. 1805 until Oct. 1812, he served, as Acting-Master, in the Spider 16, Lieut.-Commanders Wm. Stewart and Wm. Sandford Oliver, Herald 20, Capt. Geo. Jackson, Weasel sloop, Capt. Henry Prescott, and Alceste 38 Capt. Murray Maxwell. In the Herald we find him, in 1810, employed in the defence of Sicily against Murat, and in constant action with the enemy’s gun-boats and batteries in the Faro of Messina. When in company, in the Alceste, with the Belle Poule 38, he landed, 5 May, 1811, and aided in destroying a French national brig lying in the harbour of Parenza, and defended by a galling cross fire from four batteries. On 29 of the ensuing month it was his fortune to be present in an action of 2 hours and 20 minutes, fought with consummate gallantry, between the Alceste and the Active 38 on one side, and the French 40-gun frigates Pauline and Pomone on the other, and which terminated in the capture of the Pomone and escape of the Pauline, after a loss had been occasioned to the Alceste of 7 men killed and 13 wounded. While engaged, in Feb. 1812, in protecting the island of Lissa, Mr. Moore was sent by Capt. Maxwell with two barges under his orders to the coast of Dalmatia, for the purpose of preventing the enemy from conveying supplies to the governor of Ragusa. In carrying out his instructions he fell in with five armed feluccas, and succeeded in effecting the capture of the whole of them, at the end of a desperate struggle, in which he was most gallantly supported by the present Commanders Chas. Croker and John King.[1] In attempting to board one of the vessels he was very severely wounded by a musket-ball passing through his lungs. For this he was awarded, 29 June, 1816, a pension of 91l. 5s. He left the Alceste, as above, in Oct. 1812; and was afterwards employed – from July to Nov. 1813, in the Raisonnable 64, Capt. Edw. Sneyd Clay, at Sheerness – and, from 1 Jan. until 16 Jan. 1814, in the Rodne? 74, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Geo. Martin off Lisbon. He has not been since afloat. His commission bears date 27 June, 1814.
MOORE. (Commander, 1843. f-p., 10; h-p., 3.)
John Moore is son of the late Admiral Sir Graham Moore,[2] 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.
MOORE. (Retired Commakdek, 1846. f-p., 18; h-p., 36.)
John Moore entered the Navy, 14 Feb. 1793, as A.B., on board the Brazen cutter, Lieut.-Commander Jas. Fegen; removed, in the following April, to the Colossus 74, Capts. Chas. Morice Pole and John Monckton, successively employed in the Mediterranean and Channel; served next, from Feb. 1796 to May 1797, in the Carnatic 74, flagship of Rear-Admiral C. M. Pole; and then became Midshipman (a rating he had attained in the preceding Oct.) of the Ambuscade of 40 guns, Capt. Henry Jenkins. On 14 Dec. 1798 he was Master’s Mate of that frigate when captured, in the Bay of Biscay, by the French ship Baionnaise of 32 guns, 8 swivels, and at least 250 men, after a severe conflict, in which the British sustained a loss, out of 190 men, of 10 killed and 36 wounded, and the enemy of 30 killed and 30 badly wounded. Being received, in March, 1799, on board the Russel 74, Capts. Herbert Sawyer and Wm. Cuming, he served in that ship in the action off Copenhagen 2 April, 1801, and on 27 and 24 of the ensuing June and July was successively constituted an acting and a
- ↑ When recording the services of Commanders Croker and King we were not aware of the above circumstance.
- ↑ 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.
