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on 14 October, where Hawke defeated a French fleet under
Admiral Desherbiers de l'Etenduère on 14 October. Moore appears to have acquitted himself in the battle, for Hawke entrusted him with taking the dispatches back to Britain. He also wrote
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since the 1760s, and his health had been steadily declining. The attacks had become violent by 1777. His last public duty was to join his old commander Edward Hawke in signing a protest against the holding of a court-martial against
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Penelope, the daughter of General William Matthew sometime around 1756. They had one son, who died young, and four daughters. The baronetcy became extinct on his death.
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Basseterre by a squadron of Royal Navy ships of war commanded by Commodore Moore on 22 January 1759 – also the encampments of the British
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Guadeloupe. No such attempt was made and Guadeloupe and the adjacent small islands,
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on 4 March 1766. A series of promotions followed, based on his seniority within the service. He was made vice-admiral on 18 October 1770, a
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in May 1744 as part of a squadron under the command of Commodore
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Ruddock Mackay (2004). "Moore, Sir John, baronet (1718–1779)".
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Plan of the attack against Fort Louis now Fort George, at
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514:on 24 December 1743, and sailed with her to the
415:under Captain Edward Reddish. His next ship was
382:before it sailed however, transferring first to
957:The life of Augustus, Viscount Keppel, 2 vols
496:to serve under another of Moore's relatives,
482:. Mathews brought Moore aboard his flagship,
8:
1164:Royal Navy personnel of the Seven Years' War
592:was serving as the flagship of Rear-Admiral
562:. Moore was deployed to Barnett's flagship
1057:Commander-in-Chief, Leeward Islands Station
1159:Knights Companion of the Order of the Bath
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931:. London: John Russell Smith. p. 367.
555:. The privateer was taken into service as
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335:, baronet, and was also the widow of Sir
1003:The Hawke papers: a selection, 1743–1771
295:(24 March 1718 – 2 February 1779) was a
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617:Moore was appointed to command the
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400:came under the command in 1731 of
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16:British officer of the Royal Navy
940:. Vol. 3. London: Chatham.
602:Second Battle of Cape Finisterre
577:With Hawke, and during the peace
242:Second Battle of Cape Finisterre
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894:Haydn, Joseph (13 June 2008).
783:Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth
732:Moore transferred his flag to
627:, followed by a return to the
615:War of the Austrian Succession
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237:War of the Austrian Succession
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911:GM, 1st ser., 29, 1759, 286–7
1179:People from Malpas, Cheshire
685:. Moore took his force from
404:. Moore spent a year aboard
1102:Baronetage of Great Britain
975:. Oxford University Press.
502:First Lord of the Admiralty
467:and making forays into the
289:Sir John Moore, 1st Baronet
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996:. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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806:Family and personal life
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1020:Rodger, N.A.M. (1986).
882:Life of Viscount Keppel
800:Admiral Augustus Keppel
660:Leeward Islands Station
216:Leeward Islands Station
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730:Invasion of Guadeloupe
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259:Invasion of Guadeloupe
254:Invasion of Martinique
988:Mackay, R.F. (1965).
959:. London: H. Colburn.
955:Keppel, T.R. (1842).
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430:. He was deployed to
362:was at this time the
333:Sir Thomas Knatchbull
117:Years of service
1077:Sir Francis Holburne
1050:Sir Thomas Frankland
925:Burke, John (1844).
526:, and on departing,
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1024:. London: Collins.
374:Early naval service
791:Knight of the Bath
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278:Knight of the Bath
224:Portsmouth Command
211:William & Mary
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675:ships of the line
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463:, patrolling off
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649:of Admiral
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516:East Indies
378:Moore left
356:West Indies
303:during the
1138:Categories
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1088:1766–1769
919:References
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767:the Saints
726:Guadeloupe
691:Martinique
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341:Whitchurch
301:Royal Navy
190:Devonshire
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77:Allegiance
68:1779-02-03
29:John Moore
779:The Downs
758:St George
745:Cambridge
666:Cambridge
656:commodore
651:John Byng
551:, out of
549:Favorette
546:privateer
457:Lancaster
452:Lancaster
434:Edinburgh
358:in 1729.
319:Childhood
197:St Albans
120:1729–1779
1127:Extinct
880:Keppel,
867:Mackay,
763:Dominica
736:Woolwich
687:Barbados
571:Deptford
566:Deptford
428:Carolina
424:Squirrel
419:Squirrel
364:flagship
307:and the
176:Deptford
155:Squirrel
135:Commands
97:Service/
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884:, 1.248
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751:Norfolk
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