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Sir Arthur William Moore, (30 July 1847 – 3 April 1934) was a

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officer who became both

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and

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Early life

Moore was born in 1847 in

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, Kent, the son of the Rev. Edward Moore,

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of the parish, by his marriage to Lady Harriet Montagu-Scott (1814–1870), a daughter of the fourth Duke of Buccleuch.Rear-Admiral Sir Arthur William Moore
at thepeerage.com, accessed 18 October 2011 His father was an Honorary Canon of Canterbury, and his great-grandfather was John Moore,

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Military career

Moore joined the

as a cadet in 1860, at the age of thirteen.Arnold 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..."Anglo-Boer War
In 1881 he was given command of the battleship HMS ''Invincible'' in the

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and in 1882 he commanded the

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HMS ''Orion'' in the

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. He was present at the

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. In 1884 he was appointed Flag Captain to the

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. He later took command of the battleship HMS ''Dreadnought'' in the

before becoming Commandant of HMS ''Britannia'' at Dartmouth. In 1889 Moore was sent as a British representative to the Anti-Slavery Congress held in

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. In 1890-1891 he was a member of the Australian Defence Committee. He was made

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at the

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in 1898, and Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope and West Coast of Africa Station in early 1901, leaving the UK for

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in March 1901 on board his flagship HMS ''Gibraltar''. In this capacity he took part in the closing phases of the

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. Following the end of the war in June 1902, he toured the East Coast of Africa, visiting

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with seven Royal Navy ships for a show of force following the death of the sultan and the accession of his son in July 1902, and

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in August. In 1905 he became Second in Command in the

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and in 1906 he was made

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The Star, 24 October 1905 His last appointment was as

from 1911; he retired in 1912. 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. *1 January 1892 - Captain Arthur William Moore, RN, is appointed a

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for services in connections with the defences of Australasia. *25 June 1897 - Captain Arthur William Moore, CMG, Royal Navy is appointed a

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in commemoration of the sixtieth year of Queen Victoria's reign. *11 August 1905 - Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur William Moore, KCB, CMG, second on command of the channel fleet is appointed a

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on the occasion of the visit of the French fleet. *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. * 16 June 1911 - Admiral Sir Arthur William Moore, KCB, KCVO, CMG, is promoted to a

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on the occasion of His Majesty's Coronation. *4 July 1911 - Admiral Sir Arthur William Moore, GCB, KCVO, CMG, Commander-in-Chief Portsmouth, is promoted to a

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on the occasion of the Review of the Fleet at Portsmouth.

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Early life

Military career

Honours and awards

Further reading

References