John Moore (archbishop of Canterbury)
Template:Short description Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox Christian leaderTemplate:Ordination Template:Portal John Moore (1730 – 18 January 1805) was an English clergyman who was Archbishop of Canterbury in the Church of England.
Life
Moore was the son of George Moore, a butcher, and Jane Cook. He was baptised at St. Michael's Church, Gloucester on 13 January 1730. He was educated at The Crypt School, Gloucester. He was a student at Pembroke College, Oxford (matriculated 1745; BA 1748; MA 1751).Template:Sfn
After ordination, Moore was for some years tutor to Charles and Robert, the younger sons of Charles Spencer, Duke of Marlborough. On 21 September 1761, he was preferred to the fifth prebendal stall in the church of Durham and, in April 1763, to a canonry at Christ Church, Oxford.Template:Sfn
On 1 July 1764, Moore received the degrees of B.D. and D.D. In September 1771, he was made Dean of Canterbury, and in February 1775, Bishop of Bangor.Template:Sfn
On the death of Archbishop Frederick Cornwallis, Moore was translated to the See of Canterbury on 26 April 1783, on the joint recommendation of bishops Robert Lowth and Richard Hurd, both of whom had declined the primacy.Template:Sfn
Moore was a competent administrator and a promoter of the Sunday-school movement and missionary efforts.Template:Sfn
Moore died at Lambeth Palace on 18 January 1805 and was buried in Lambeth parish church.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Family
Moore married twice, first, a sister of James Wright; secondly, on 23 January 1770, Catherine, daughter of Robert Eden, of West Auckland. He left children.Template:Sfn
Discovery of his coffin
In 2017, during the refurbishment of the Garden Museum,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> which is housed at the medieval church of St Mary-at-Lambeth,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 30 lead coffins were found; one with an archbishop's red and gold mitre on top of it.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> A metal plate identified one of these as belonging to Moore, with another being that of his wife Catherine.<ref>The Sunday Telegraph 'Lost in Lambeth: the tombs that time forgot' p17 Issue no 2,913 dated Sunday 16 April 2017</ref>
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