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John Moore was born in Glasgow, the son of John Moore, a doctor and writer, and the older brother of Admiral Sir Graham Moore.He attended Glasgow High School, but at the age of 11 joined his father and Douglas, the young 16-year-old 8th Duke of Hamilton (1756–1799), his father's pupil, on a grand tour of France, Italy and Germany.
A life of his father, John Frederick Denison Maurice (1884) The Balance of Military Power in Europe (1888) War (1891) The Great War of 1892 (1892) (along with P.H. Colomb and others) National Defences (1897) The Franco-German War, 1870–1871 (1900) Diary of Sir John Moore (1904) History of the War in South Africa, an official account (four ...
Portrait of Sir John Moore is a portrait painting by the British artist Thomas Lawrence of the Scottish army officer Sir John Moore, painted between 1800 and 1804. [1]Moore joined the army in 1776 during the American War of Independence and served in multiple subsequent campaigns.
Sir John Moore, Lord Mayor of London, mezzotint by James Macardell after portrait by Sir Peter Lely. Sir John Moore (11 June 1620 – 2 June 1702) was a British politician. He was the Member of Parliament for the City of London from 15 May 1685 to 9 January 1687, [1] and Lord Mayor of London from 1681–82. [2]
Portrait of Sir John Moore by Thomas Lawrence.Moore commanded the British forces at Corunna. In early October 1808, following the scandal in Britain over the Convention of Sintra and the recall of the generals Dalrymple, Burrard and Wellesley, Sir John Moore took command of the 30,000-man British force in Portugal. [14]
Sir John Michael Moore, KCVO, CB, DSC (2 April 1921 – 20 June 2016) was a British civil servant. Educated at Selwyn College, Cambridge , he served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War .
The history of British light infantry goes back to the early days of the British Army, when irregular troops and mercenaries added skills in light infantry fighting. From the beginning of the nineteenth century, the Army dedicated some line regiments as specific light infantry troops, were trained under the Shorncliffe System devised by Sir John Moore and Sir Kenneth MacKenzie Douglas.
Sir John Moore (1761–1809), British general, a.k.a. Moore of Corunna John Henry Moore (Texas settler) (1800–1880), settler and officer in the Texas Revolution of 1835–1836 John Creed Moore (1824–1910), U.S. Army officer, Confederate brigadier general