Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Moodie (1778—December 4, 1837) was a British Army officer who later settled in Canada.
A native of Scotland, he was commissioned Lieutenant in the Elgin Fencibles in 1795. Six months later he purchased an Ensigncy in the 9th Foot. He later exchanged into the 11th West India Regiment and in 1803, as a Captain, into the New Brunswick Fencibles. In 1811 he exchanged into a Majority in the 104th Foot. He served in Canada during the War of 1812, participating in the Battle of Lundy's Lane, the Siege of Fort Erie and Sackett's Harbour. In 1814 he was promoted to be the 104th's Lieutenant-Colonel after the previous commanding officer was killed in action.
In 1834 he sold his commission and the following year he settled at Richmond Hill. He was fatally shot by supporters of William Lyon Mackenzie in the opening incidents of the Upper Canada Rebellion. He is buried at Holy Trinity Church, Thornhill, Ontario.
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