which ship he was four years employed off Brest and Lisbon, in Basque Roads, off Flushing and the Texel, and on the coast of America – assisting, as Midshipman, during that period, at the capture, among other vessels, of the U.S. ship Wasp, of 20 guns, and the late British brig-of-war Frolic. He next, from Feb. 1814, until May, 1816, served on the American, Mediterranean, and Home stations in the Tonnant 80 and Asia 74, both commanded by Capt. Alex. Skene, Granicus 36, Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise, and St. George and Impregnable 98’s, each under the orders of Capt. Jas. Nash. From the period he left the last-mentioned vessel he did not again go afloat until appointed, 4 Feb. 1822, Admiralty Midshipman of the Diver 28, bearing the flag of Sir J. P. Beresford at Leith. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 10 Oct. following, and remained thenceforward on half-pay. Agent – Frederick Dufaur.
MOORE. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Robert Seppings Moore entered the Navy 26 Dec. 1826; passed his examination in 1833; obtained his commission 23 Nov. 1841; had command, from 27 Feb. 1843, until the early part of 1844, of the Wilberforce steamer, on the coast of Africa; and, since 18 Dec. 1844, has been serving, the latter part of the time as First-Lieutenant, in the Comus 18, Capts. Thos. Sparke Thompson and Edwin Clayton Tennyson D’Eyncourt, on the south-east coast of America.
MOORE. (Lieutenant, 1843.)
Thomas Edward Laws Moore entered the Navy 19 Oct. 1832; passed his examination 15 Feb. 1839; and, from that year until his return to England in 1843, was employed on board the Terror, Capt. Fras. Rawdon Moira Crozier, part of an expedition sent under the orders of Capt. Jas. Clarke Ross to the Antarctic Ocean for the purposes of magnetic research and geographical discovery. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant by commission dated 4 Oct, 1843; and was subsequently appointed – 11 Nov. 1843, to the Caledonia 120, flag-ship at Devonport of Sir Alex. Milne – 4 Sept. 1844, as Additional, to the Winchester 50, bearing the flag of Hon. Josceline Percy at the Cape of Good Hope, whence he came home at the close of 1845 – and, 20 May, 1846, in a similar capacity, to the William and Mary yacht, Capt. Houston Stewart, on the books of which vessel his name continued to be borne until the ensuing Dec. Since 17 Nov. 1847 he has been in command of the Plover, a vessel now engaged in search of the Polar expedition under Sir John Franklin.
MOORE. (Lieutenant, 1828.)
Thomas Norris Moore entered the Navy 5 Feb. 1813; passed his examination in 1820; obtained his commission 19 April, 1828; and, from 31 Dec. 1835 until the close of 1840, was employed in command of a station in the Coast Guard. He has since been on half-pay.
MOORE. (Lieutenant, 1814. f-p., 11; h-p., 31.)
William Moore was born 13 Oct. 1792. This officer entered the Navy, 25 April, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Isis 50, Capts. John Acworth Oramanney, Wm. Cuming, and John Laugharne, successive flag-ship at Newfoundland of Vice-Admirals Sir Erasmus Gower and John Holloway. In Dec. 1807, upwards of 18 months after he had attained the rating of Midshipman, he removed to the Confiance 22, commanded by the late Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo, in which vessel he first visited Lisbon, and then proceeded to the coast of Brazil. At the reduction of Cayenne, in Jan. 1809, he was intrusted with the charge of a gun-boat, and for his services was presented, in common with the other Midshipmen of the Confiance, with a sword and medal by the Prince Regent of Portugal. Being paid off in the early part of 1810, he next, in Oct. of that year, joined the Salvador del Mundo, bearing the flag of Sir Robt. Calder at Plymouth, and very soon afterwards the Sceptre 74, Capt. Sam. Jas. Ballard, employed off Brest. Transferred by Admiralty order, at the commencement of 1811, to the Southampton, of 38 guns and 212 men, commanded by his former Captain, Yeo, he sailed forthwith for the Jamaica station, and, on 3 Feb. 1812, assisted at the capture of the Haytian frigate Amethyste, of 44 guns and 700 men, at the close of a sharp conflict, in which the enemy sustained a loss of 105 men killed and 120 wounded, and the British of only 1 man killed and 10, including himself, wounded. On 23 of the same month Mr. Moore passed his examination. In the following Aug. an attack of yellow fever rendered it necessary for him to be sent to the hospital at Port Royal, on being discharged from which he was successively placed, as a Supernumerary, on board the Garland 20, Capt. Rich. Plummer Davies, and Shark sloop, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Chas. Stirling. He returned home with Capt. Yeo, in Feb. 1813, in the Brazen 18, Capt. Jas. Stirling, but, from the state of his health, was not able to seek further employment until the ensuing Aug., about which period he became attached, as Supernumerary-Mate, on promotion, to the Medway 74, and Prince 98, flagships of Sir Rich. Bickerton at Spithead. Proceeding in a few weeks to the Cape of Good Hope in the Laurel 38, Capt. Hon. Granville Leveson Proby, he there, in the month of Dec, rejoined the Medway, of which ship, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Tyler, he was created a Lieutenant 12 July, 1814. He returned to England and was paid off in April, 1816; and was lastly, from 23 Oct. 1817 until Sept. 1818, employed on the coast of Africa in the Semiramis 42, bearing the broad pendant of his friend. Sir J. L. Yeo, at whose request he had obtained the appointment.
MOORE. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 16; h-p., 29.)
William Henry Moore was born 27 June, 1790. His elder brother, Mr. J. H. Moore, was at one time a Midshipman in the service.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1802, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Spitfire 18, Capt. Robt. Keen, with whom he served in the St. George’s Channel until Aug. 1804. Becoming Midshipman, in April, 1805, of L’Impétueux 74, Capts. Thos. Byam Martin and John Lawford, he witnessed, 22 Aug. following, Admiral Hon. Wm. Cornwallis’ pursuit of the French fleet into Brest harbour, and was subsequently, in 1810, employed in that ship’s boats on the river Tagus. In May, 1811, he was appointed, on promotion, to the Antelope 50, bearing the flag of Sir John Thos. Duckworth at Newfoundland, where he remained until the ensuing Dec.; and he was next, in Oct. 1813, received on board the Hebrus, of 42 guns and 284 men, Capt. Edm. Palmer, in which ship we find him assisting, under Cape La Hogue, at the capture, 27 March, 1814, of the French frigate L’Etoile, of 44 guns and 315 men, after a close and obstinate engagement of two hours and a quarter, in which the British had 13 men killed and 25 wounded, and the enemy 40 killed and 73 wounded. In April of the year last mentioned he was appointed, again on promotion, to the Bellerophon 74, flag-ship at Newfoundland of Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats, under whose orders he continued until at length advanced to the rank of Lieutenant, 8 Feb. 1815. He afterwards, from 25 April, 1834, until May, 1837, served in the Ordinary at Sheerness, latterly on board the Téméraire 104, Capt. Thos, Fortescue Kennedy. He has been employed, since 26 Sept. 1845, in the Caledonia 120, Capt. Manley Hall Dixon, on the Home station.
Lieut. Moore married, 5 April, 1826, Miss Mary Horsford.
MOORMAN, K.F.M. (Commander, 1814 f-p 15; h-p., 34.)
Richard Moorman (a), born 22 July, 1784 is uncle of Commander Richard Moorman (b), R.N.
