Moresby is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Archer Moresby (1867–?), New Zealand cricketer
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Elizabeth Louisa Moresby
Lily Adams Beck, née Elizabeth Louisa Moresby (1862 in Queenstown, Cork, Ireland – 3 January 1931 in Kyoto, Japan) was a British writer of short-stories, novels, biographies and esoteric books, under the names of L. Adams Beck, E. Barrington ...
(1862–1931), British novelist
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Fairfax Moresby
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Fairfax Moresby GCB (29 November 1786 – 21 January 1877) was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer he took part in the unsuccessful expedition to capture Ferrol in Spain during the French Revolutionary Wars. He ...
(1786–1877), British admiral
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George Moresby-White ( 1933–1952), British playwright and screenwriter
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John Moresby
Rear Admiral John Moresby (15 March 1830 – 12 July 1922) was a British naval officer who explored the coast of New Guinea and was the first European to discover the site of Port Moresby.
Life and career
Moresby was born in Allerford, Somerset, ...
(1830–1922), British admiral
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Robert Moresby
Robert Moresby (15 June 1794 – 15 June 1854Some sources mention that he is thought to have died in 1863.) was a captain of the East India Company's Bombay Marine/Indian Navy who distinguished himself as a hydrographer, maritime surveyor a ...
(1794–1854 or 1863), British naval captain and hydrographer
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