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The following is the entry for John Moore in William O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary'.
MOORE. (Commander, 1843. f-p., 10; h-p., 3.) John Moore is son of the late Admiral Sir Graham Moore, 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. |
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