Background
Moon was the son of Sir Francis Moon, 1st Baronet, and his wife Anne Chancellor. His father was a printseller and publisher and Lord Mayor of London.
Moon was the son of Sir Francis Moon, 1st Baronet, and his wife Anne Chancellor. His father was a printseller and publisher and Lord Mayor of London.
Moon was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he was a leading oarsman.
In 1847 at Henley he lost Diamonds in the final to William Maule. Moon"s opposite number at bow in the Cambridge boat was William Maule. Moon was ordained deacon in 1849 and priest in 1851 and was curate of Saint John"s, Worcester and of Bredon, Worcestershire.
His father-in-law, Alderman Thomas Sidney, had acquired the advowson of Saint Mary"s Church, Fetcham, Surrey, and was able to present Moon to the living when it fell vacant in 1854.
At Fetcham, Moon was prominent in supporting local and national charities. He arranged the opening of the Fetcham village school in 1854 and was a major subscriber to the establishment of the reading room.
He inherited the baronetcy in 1871 on the death of his father, who was commemorated in much of the restoration work in the church. Moon died at Fetcham at the age of 78 and was buried in the churchyard.
There is a memorial east window.
Moon married Ellen Sidney, only daughter of Thomas Sidney in the West Ham district in 1851.