John Moore (archbishop of Canterbury)
John Moore | |
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| Archbishop of Canterbury | |
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| Church | Church of England |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Diocese | Canterbury |
| Elected | 26 April 1783 (confirmation of election)[1] |
| Term ended | 18 January 1805 (death) |
| Predecessor | Frederick Cornwallis |
| Successor | Charles Manners-Sutton |
| Other post(s) | Dean of Canterbury (1771–1775) Bishop of Bangor (1774–1783) |
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| Consecration | 12 February 1775 by Frederick Cornwallis |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1730 Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England |
| Died | January 18, 1805 (aged 74–75) Lambeth, Surrey, England |
| Buried | St Mary-at-Lambeth |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Parents | Thomas Moore Elizabeth |
| Spouse | Jane Wright (m. 1763) Catherine Eden (m. 1770) |
| Alma mater | Pembroke College, Oxford |
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John Moore (1730 – 18 January 1805) was an English clergyman who was Archbishop of Canterbury in the Church of England.
Life
[edit]Moore was the son of George Moore, a butcher, and Jane Cook. He was baptised at St. Michael's Church, Gloucester on 13 January 1730. He was educated at The Crypt School, Gloucester. He was a student at Pembroke College, Oxford (matriculated 1745; BA 1748; MA 1751).[3]
After ordination, Moore was for some years tutor to Charles and Robert, the younger sons of Charles Spencer, Duke of Marlborough. On 21 September 1761, he was preferred to the fifth prebendal stall in the church of Durham and, in April 1763, to a canonry at Christ Church, Oxford.[3]
On 1 July 1764, Moore received the degrees of B.D. and D.D. In September 1771, he was made Dean of Canterbury, and in February 1775, Bishop of Bangor.[3]
On the death of Archbishop Frederick Cornwallis, Moore was translated to the See of Canterbury on 26 April 1783, on the joint recommendation of bishops Robert Lowth and Richard Hurd, both of whom had declined the primacy.[3]
Moore was a competent administrator and a promoter of the Sunday-school movement and missionary efforts.[3]
Moore died at Lambeth Palace on 18 January 1805 and was buried in Lambeth parish church.[4]
Family
[edit]Moore married twice, first, a sister of James Wright; secondly, on 23 January 1770, Catherine, daughter of Robert Eden, of West Auckland. He left children.[3]
Discovery of his coffin
[edit]In 2017, during the refurbishment of the Garden Museum,[5] which is housed at the medieval church of St Mary-at-Lambeth,[6] 30 lead coffins were found; one with an archbishop's red and gold mitre on top of it.[7] A metal plate identified one of these as belonging to Moore, with another being that of his wife Catherine.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Hasted, Edward. The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 12 pp. 484–515
- ^ Perceval, A.P. An Apology for the Doctrine of Apostolical Succession: with an Appendix on the English Orders p. 241 (Google Books)
- ^ a b c d e f Aston 2008.
- ^ Lysons, Daniel (14 August 1810). "The Environs of London: pt. 1. Surrey". T. Cadell and W. Davies – via Google Books.
- ^ "Museum web-site". Archived from the original on 30 June 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ "Church of St Mary, Lambeth | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk.
- ^ Seymour, Lizzie (29 May 2023). "Builders discover archbishops' tombs under church floor" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
- ^ The Sunday Telegraph 'Lost in Lambeth: the tombs that time forgot' p17 Issue no 2,913 dated Sunday 16 April 2017
Attribution
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rigg, James McMullen (1894). "Moore, John (1730-1805)". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 38. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
Sources
[edit]- Aston, Nigel (January 2008) [Sep 2004]. "Moore, John (bap. 1730, d. 1805)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/19131. Retrieved 26 October 2009. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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