Sir John Moore

Sir John Moore may refer to:

  • Sir John Moore, 1st Baronet, British admiral (1718-1779)
  • John Moore (British Army officer), British general (1761-1809)
  • John Moore (Lord Mayor) (1620–1702), merchant and Alderman of London

Famous quotes containing the words sir john, sir, john and/or moore:

    Down came the hairy talons
    and horrible poison blade
    And none of the garden noticed
    that fizzing, hopeless fight.
    Sir John Betjeman (1906–1984)

    We will get everything out of her that you can squeeze out of a lemon and a bit more.... I will squeeze her until you can hear the pips squeak.
    Eric, Sir Geddes (1875–1937)

    And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
    —Bible: New Testament St. John the Divine, in Revelation, 20:12.

    At the mid hour of night, when stars are weeping, I fly
    To the lone vale we loved when life was warm in thine eye,
    —Thomas Moore (1779–1852)