Sir john moore biography
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Sir John Moore (1761-1809)
This article was written by Henry Manners Chichester and was published in 1894
Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore was born in Glasgow 13 November 1761, was third, but eldest surviving, son of Dr.
John Moore (1729-1802), author of Zeluco. Sir Graham Moore and James Carrick Moore were his younger brothers.
Sir john moore biography
John was sent to the high school, Glasgow, where Thomas (afterwards Sir Thomas) Munro was his schoolfellow. At the age of ten he was taken abroad by his father, who was medical attendant to Douglas Hamilton, eighth duke of Hamilton, a weakly youth travelling for health.
He spent the next five year