Sir John Michael Moore, KCVO, CB,

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(2 April 1921 – 20 June 2016) was a British civil servant. Educated at

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, he served in the

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during the

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. He entered the

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in 1946 and joined the

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, where he was Joint

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to the Minister from 1956 to 1959, an Assistant Secretary from 1959 to 1966 and then an Under-Secretary; four years later moved to the

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, and then to the

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in 1972 as a Deputy Secretary. Between 1978 and 1983, he was the Second Crown Estate Commissioner. Moore was appointed a Companion of the

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and a Knight Commander of the

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in 1983.
Supplement to the London Gazette
', 10 June 1983 (issue 49375), p. 4.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, John 1921 births 2016 deaths British civil servants Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Alumni of Selwyn College, Cambridge Royal Navy personnel of World War II