Moore was born in 1847 in
Frittenden, Kent, the son of the Rev. Edward Moore,
rector of the parish, by his marriage to Lady Harriet Montagu-Scott (1814–1870), a daughter of the
fourth Duke of Buccleuch.[1] His father was an Honorary Canon of Canterbury, and his great-grandfather was
John Moore,
Archbishop of Canterbury.[2]
Military career
Moore joined the
Royal Navy as a cadet in 1860, at the age of thirteen.[3][4]
In 1889 Moore was sent as a British representative to the Anti-Slavery Congress held in
Brussels. In 1890-1891 he was a member of the Australian Defence Committee.[3]
When he died in 1934, Moore was buried with other members of his family at St Mary's Church, Frittenden, near the west end of the church.
Honours and awards
In the 1870s while on the frigate Glasgow, Moore was awarded the bronze medal of the Royal Humane Society for gallantry in rescuing a seaman who had fallen overboard.[2]
25 June 1897 - Captain Arthur William Moore, CMG, Royal Navy is appointed a
Companion of the Order of the Bath in commemoration of the sixtieth year of Queen Victoria's reign.[10]
11 August 1905 - Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur William Moore, KCB, CMG, second on command of the channel fleet is appointed a
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order on the occasion of the visit of the French fleet.[11]
5 February 1906 - Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur William Moore, KCB, KCVO, CMG, lately commanding HMS Caesar which accompanied the King of Norway from Norway to Denmark in November 1905 is allowed to accept and wear the
Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of St Olav awarded to him by the King of Norway.[12]
4 July 1911 - Admiral Sir Arthur William Moore, GCB, KCVO, CMG, Commander-in-Chief Portsmouth, is promoted to a
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order on the occasion of the Review of the Fleet at Portsmouth.[14]
Further reading
E. Marjorie Moore, Adventure in the Royal Navy: the life and letters of Admiral Sir Arthur Edward Moore (1964)
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ab"Admiral Sir Arthur Moore Long Service And High Commands". News. The Times. No. 46724. London. 10 April 1934. col A, p. 9.
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abArnold Wright, ed. H. A. Cartwright, Twentieth century impressions of Hongkong, Shanghai, and other treaty ports, vol. 1 (Lloyds Greater Britain publishing company, 1908), p. 273: "ADMIRAL SIR ARTHUR WILLIAM MOORE, KCB, KCVO, CMG, until recently Commander-in-Chief of the China station, was born on July 30, 1847, and entered the Navy at the age of thirteen. He served in the Egyptian War of 1882, and attained the rank of Captain two years later..."