Edward Moore (Archdeacon of Oakham)

Edward Marsham Moore (17 January 1844 – 5 September 1921) was a British Anglican priest. He was the Archdeacon of Oakham in the Church of England from 1906 to 1918.[1][2]

Moore was educated at Christ Church, Oxford[3] and Ripon College Cuddesdon and ordained in 1867. He was curate of (1867–1872) then Vicar of (1872–1876) Ashborne after which he was Rector of Benefield (1876–1907[4]) and, finally, the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Uppingham (1907–1920).

He was the son of Edward Moore (12 June 1813 – 20 April 1889), formerly Rector of Frittenden, Kent, and of Rt Hon Lady Harriet Jane Sarah Montagu-Scott, daughter of Charles Montagu-Scott, 4th Duke of Buccleuch.[5] He was the elder brother of Admiral Sir Arthur Moore and great-grandson of John Moore (Archbishop of Canterbury)

Moore married (1878) Lucy Watts-Russell and there were three children: Aubrey Edward Duncombe Moore (1879–1946), Captain RN; Constance Evelyn Harriet Moore (1886–1966); and Noel Arthur Moore (1890–1966), British Army Captain. He died suddenly in 1921 in Maidstone of heart failure.[2]

References
  1. Who was Who 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007, ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  2. "The Rev. E. M. Moore". The Times. 9 September 1921. p. 11.
  3. "University Intelligence", The Times (London, England), 4 June 1870, p. 8.
  4. The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory, London, John Phillips, 1900
  5. Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 561. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.


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