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Facts and Events
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 'Pedigree of MOORE (Claiming Descent from the Chancellor, Sir Thomas More)', in Cass, Frederick Charles, M.A.: Monken Hadley - printed by J.B. Nichols, 25 Parliament Street. 1890. p. 75.
« St.John b. 11 Apr. 1787, bapt. at Hadley, E.I.C.S. d.s.p. in India »
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 St.John Moore - Birth & Baptism, in Ancestry.com. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 [database on-line].
« Name: St_John Moore / Gender: Male / Birth Date: 11 Apr 1787 / Baptism Date: 12 May 1787 / Baptism Place: Monken Hadley, London, England / Father: Peter Moore / Mother: Sarah / FHL Film Number: 568853, 579288 » Source Information: Ancestry.com. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. Accessed on 19/01/2022 at: ancestry.co.uk/
- Peter Moore (father of St.John), in Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed. Dictionary of National Biography, 1921-1922 Volumes 1–20, 22. London, England: Oxford University Press, 1921–1922. Vol. 13 Masquerier - Myles. pp. 823-824.
« MOORE, PETER (1758-1828), politician, born at Sedbergh in Yorkshire on 12 Feb. 1753, was youngest son, by Mary his wife, of Edward Moore, LL.B., vicar of Over in Cheshire, who claimed descent by a junior branch from Sir Thomas More, whose quartered arms he bore. ... Moore went to India in 1769 as a writer, and subsequently as collector, factor, and commissioner of police in the East India Company's service. ... Moore arrived back in England in July 1785 with a substantial fortune and settled at Hadley, Middlesex, as lord of the manor. ... In 1802 he contested (the parliamentary seat of) Coventry without success, but he won a by-election there in March 1803. ... When he lost his seat in parliament in 1826 he had to flee to Dieppe to escape arrest for debt. ... He died at Abbeville in France on 5 May 1828. He is stated to have been the last wearer of a pigtail in London society. .... » Source Information: Ancestry.com. '.Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22'. [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors. Original data: Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed. Dictionary of National Biography, 1921–1922. Volumes 1–20, 22. London, England: Oxford University Press, 1921–1922. > Accessed at: ancestry.co.uk/
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