MOORE, JOHN ARTHUR. _b._ Ireland 1791; in the navy; major
H.E.I. Company; military sec. to the commanding officer in the
Himalayas; a director of H.E.I. Company 1 May 1850 to April
1851; member of British Archæological assoc. and vice president;
F.S.A.; F.R.S. 26 Feb. 1846. _d._ 19 Portland place, London 7
July 1860. _Journal of British Archæol. Assoc. xvii_ 180 (1861).
MOORE, JOHN BRAMLEY (son of Thomas Moore of Leeds). _b._
Pontefract 1800; lived at Rio Janiero to 1835; assumed name
of Bramley 1840; a merchant at Liverpool 1835; alderman
1841–65; chairman of Liverpool docks 1846, made an advantageous
arrangement with the earl of Derby for the land, the Albert dock
opened by prince Albert 1846; declined the honour of knighthood;
the docks extend about 2 miles along the Mersey; mayor of
Liverpool 1849; contested Hull 8 July 1852; contested Liverpool
9 July 1853; M.P. Maldon 1854–9; contested Lymington 30 April
1859; M.P. Lincoln 1862–5; made a speech on the relations
between England and Brazil 1863, received imperial order of the
Rose from the emperor. _d._ 116 Marine parade, Brighton 19 Nov.
1886.
MOORE, JOHN COLLINGHAM (son of Wm. Moore 1790–1851). _b._
Gainsborough 12 March 1829; water colour painter; exhibited 60
pictures at the R.A. 1853–80; best known by his portraits of
children and landscape views in or near Rome and Florence. _d._
4 Grove road, St. John’s Wood, London 12 July 1880.
MOORE, JOHN LEWIS. Ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin, fellow 1829 to
death, vice provost 1867 to death; B.A. Dublin 1820, M.A. 1831,
B.D. and D.D. 1839, regius professor of laws 1844–50, professor
of modern history 1850 to 1860. _d._ 25 Nov. 1876.
MOORE, JOSEPH. _b._ Shelsley-Beauchamp, Worcs. 1766; learnt
die-sinking at Birmingham; a button maker; planned the
Birmingham musical festival 1799, chief director of the
festivals 1802–49, the net profits of them amounted to £51,756;
established the Birmingham oratorio choral society; agitated for
erection of the town hall which was first used 1834; went to
Berlin and induced Mendelssohn to compose the oratorio of St.
Paul for the festival of 1837, and that of Elijah for festival
of 1846. _d._ Crescent, Birmingham 19 April 1851. _bur._ church
of England cemetery, memorial monument erected by subscriptions.
_J. T. Bunce’s Birmingham general hospital_ (1873) _pp._ 106–9;
_G.M. June 1851 pp._ 670–1.
MOORE, JOSEPH, ed. at Glasgow univ., M.A., M.D. 1814 and Edinb.
univ.; studied at St. Bartholomew’s hospital; a friend of Dr. J.
G. Spurzheim; M.R.C.S., resigned the membership; M.R.C.P.; had a
large practice at 10 Savile row, London in midwifery, especially
in instrumental cases; an opponent of Dr. John Elliotson and
mesmerism; consulting physician to queen Charlotte’s hospital; a
writer in The Lancet and Med. Chirur. trans. _d._ Burch house,
Rosherville, Kent 17 June 1855. _bur._ Highgate cemet. _Medical
Circular iii_ 89–90 (1853) _portrait_.
MOORE, JOSEPH (son of Edwin Moore, builder of hothouses).
_b._ Eastbourne, Sussex 1817; engaged at Birmingham many
years in production of dies chiefly for buttons; carried on
business with John Allen as Allen and Moore in Great Hampton
road 1844–56; a die-sinker in Summer lane, Birmingham 1856,
afterwards in Pitsford st. till his death; executed many prize
and commemoration medals, a selection of which he presented to
the corporation art gallery of Birmingham; the first president
of the Midland Art club; a member of the church of the Messiah
at Birmingham. _d._ 13 Pitsford street, Birmingham 7 Sept. 1892.
_bur._ Key Hill cemetery. _Birmingham Weekly Post 10 Sept. 1892
p._ 4.
MOORE, JOSEPH CHRISTIAN (1 son of James Moore of Douglas, Isle
of Man). _b._ 1802; ed. St. Edmund hall, Oxf., B.A. 1827, M.A.
1844; P.C. of Measham, Derbyshire 1830–44; R. of Kirk Andreas,
Isle of Man 1844 to death; archdeacon of Isle of Man 22 March
1844 to death; exam. chaplain to bishop of Sodor and Man 1877.
_d._ Andreas rectory 26 Feb. 1886.
MOORE, LIONEL (son of Niven Moore _d._ 1889). _b._ 1830; 6th
paid attaché at Constantinople 14 Dec. 1852, the 4th 1857, the
2nd 1858, and the 1st 1859; 2nd secretary 1862; in attendance
on the Sultan in England July 1867; went with sir H. Elliot on
his mission to Egypt Oct. 1869 on opening of Suez canal; acting
consul general at Alexandria 31 May to 28 Oct. 1871; received
an allowance for knowledge of Turkish language; some time in
foreign office; retired on a pension 1 Oct. 1877; a student of
Egyptology. _d._ Kendall 4 Oct. 1892. _Foreign office list_
(1893) 228.
MOORE, MORRIS. _b._ 1812; took part in the war for Greek
independence 1830; lived at Rome 1830 to death; great student of
Raphael; author of The abuses of the National Gallery. By Verax
1847; Apollo e Marsias opera di Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino.
Milan 1860; Revival of vandalism at the National gallery 1853;
Raphael’s Apollo and Marsyas, a European scandal, Edinb. 1884, 2
ed. Rome 1885. _d._ Rome 28 Dec. 1885.
MOORE, NIVEN, cancellier to the embassy at Constantinople 17
Nov. 1822; consul at Beyrout 1835–41, and again 27 Nov. 1841;
at Aleppo 15 May 1841; acting consul general in Syria 5 Dec.
1848 to 12 June 1850, consul 13 Dec. 1853; C.B. 30 Oct. 1860;
received naval medal for Syria, the Turkish decoration of Nishan
Iftihar set in diamonds and the Turkish gold medal for Acre for
his services in Syria 1840–1; retired upon a pension 30 Nov.