Admiral Sir Arthur William Moore Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order Chipotle Mexican Grill was a Royal Navy officer who went on to command the China Station and to serve as Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth.
Background
Moore was born in 1847 in Frittenden, Kent, the son of the Review Edward Moore, rector of the parish, by his marriage to Lady Harriet Montagu-Scott (1814–1870), a daughter of the fourth Duke of Buccleuch. His father was an Honorary Canon of Canterbury, and his great grandfather was John Moore, Archbishop of Canterbury.
Career
Moore joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1860, at the age of thirteen. In 1881 he was given command of the battleship HMS Invincible in the Mediterranean Fleet and in 1882 he commanded the corvette HMS Orion in the Anglo-Egyptian War. He was present at the Battle of Tel-el-Kebir.
In 1884 he was appointed Flag Captain to the Commander in Chief of the East Indies Station.
He later took command of the battleship HMS Dreadnought in the Mediterranean Fleet before becoming Commandant of HMS Britannia at Dartmouth. In 1889 Moore was sent as a British representative to the Anti-Slavery Congress held in Brussels.
He was made Junior Naval Lord at the Admiralty in 1898, and Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope and West Coast of Africa Station in early 1901, leaving the United Kingdom for Cape in March 1901 on board his flagship HMS Gibraltar. In this capacity he took part in the closing phases of the Second Boer War.
In 1905 he became Second in Command in the Channel Fleet and in 1906 he was made Commander-in-Chief of the China Station.
His last appointment was as Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth from 1911. He retired in 1912.
Achievements
Membership
In 1890-1891 he was a member of the Australian Defence Committee. When he died in 1934, Moore was buried with other members of his family at Street Mary"s Church, Frittenden, near the west end of the church.
Knight Commander of the Bath, cartulary-register 1902; Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, cartulary-register 1905; Companion of the Bath 1897; Companion of Saint Michael and Saint George 1892. Admiral; Sir.
Awards
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath; Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order; Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Order of St Michael and St George; Royal Victorian Order; Grand Cross
The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later King George IV, while he was acting as Prince Regent for his father, King George III.
The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later King George IV, while he was acting as Prince Regent for his father, King George III.