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| Moore, John. Adm. pens. at EMMANUEL, June 2, 1768. Of Leics. [Only] s. of Sir Henry, 1st Bart., Lieut.-Governor of Jamaica and Commander-in-Chief there; Governor of the Province of New York, 1765 (and Catharina Maria, eldest dau. of Samuel Long, of Longville, Jamaica). [B. 1756 (sic) in Jamaica.] School, Eton. Matric. Michs. 1768; B.A. 1773; M.A. 1776. Succeeded as 2nd Bart., Sept. 11, 1769. Author, The New Paradise of Dainty Devices (a volume of poems, containing a parody of Gray's Elegy, entitled Elegy written in a College Library; some were reprinted in 1778, as Poetical Trifles). Resided at Bath. Died, unmarried, Jan. 16, 1780, at Taplow, when the Baronetcy became extinct. (Burke, Extinct Baronetcies; D.N.B., which calls him John Henry; Eton Coll. Reg., 'John Henry'.) | John MOORE Approx. lifespan: 1756–1780 pens. Emmanuel College adm1768:06:02 Of Leicestershire , Only s. of Sir Henry MOORE 1st Bart., Lieutenant-Governor of: Jamaica , and Commander-in-Chief: there; Governor of: : Province of New York, [New York State], [ USA ], 1765 (and Catharina Maria, eldest dau. of Samuel LONG of Longville, Jamaica , ). [ b. 1756 ( sic ) Jamaica , Sch: Eton School Eton, [Buckinghamshire], Matric 1768:10MT: BA 1773 MA 1776 Succeeded as 2nd Bart. 1769:09:11 Publ.: The New Paradise of Dainty Devices (a volume of poems, containing a parody of Gray's Elegy, entitled Elegy written in a College Library ; some were reprinted in1778, as Poetical Trifles ) At Bath, [Somerset], d., unmarried 1780:01:16 at Taplow, [Buckinghamshire], , when the Baronetcy became extinct. (Burke, Extinct Baronetcies; D.N.B., which calls him John Henry; Eton College Reg., "John Henry".) [add:]'I think his biography is of the wrong man. The Durham Advertiser of 21 Jan. 1815 records the[:add] [add:]death of Rev. John MOORE, aged 66, formerly of Emmanuel College, at [+ci]Appleby[-ci] [Westmorland], '[:add] [add:]N.B. [There does not seem to be any other John MOORE who fits in with this date of death and with the dates of degrees etc.][:add] [add:](C.R. Hudleston)[:add] |