MOORE, LORENZO (1808-94) at the age of 18 joined the service of the East India Company as cornet in the 5th Madras Light Cavalry. In 1830 he was promoted lieutenant, and afterwards he became quartermaster and interpreter to the regiment. (Brevet-captain 1841; captain 1842; retired 1846; major 1854.) Meanwhile he entered St Catherine's Hall, Cambridge where he graduated M.A. He was ordained priest in 1852 and appointed to Tunbridge Wells. In 1855 he became incumbent of Rochester, Derbyshire; in 1857 curate of Drypool, Hull; and in 1859 he sailed for Auckland. Hearing of native troubles in New Zealand he remained in Melbourne and accepted temporary positions at St Paul's, Geelong, and at Brighton. In 1862 he came to Christchurch as incumbent of Papanui. After retiring (1874) he took up his residence at Port Chalmers (where he occasionally preached at Knox Church), and finally lived in Nelson. There his wife died (7 Mar 1894), and he himself on 13 Aug. (See SIR JOHN GORST.)

N.Z. Clergy List., 1889; N.Z. Times, 27 Jul 1876; The Colonist, 14 Aug 1894.

Reference: Volume 2, page 50

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