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fefion of a buicher; his cireumftances 
were fo low, that he was prevented from 
giving his fon the edusation he defired and 
deferved. ~ He was, therefcre, brought up 
at the free {chool of his native city, and, 
on account of the doeility of his behaviour 
and his promifing talents, fome ‘friends 
procured him a humble fituation in Pem- 
broke College, Oxford, whence he <after- 
wards removed to Chrift Church, in that 
Univerfity. 
While ‘at Coilege he applied himfelf 
with great affiduity to his fudies, and ac~ 
quired univerfal refpect by the modefly of 
his demeanour, the regularity of his con- 
du&, and his ciaflical attainments. With 
thee qualifications he had, however, “no 
wide profpeét than that of 'a country cu- 
racy ;. but one of thofe fortunate circum- 
fiancesy which the individual can neither 
command nor influence, paved the way to 
his fubfequent exaltation. - 
Mr.- Blifs, the Savilian profefior of 
geometry, and aftronomer-réyal,. was in- 
the habit of vifiting the late Duke of Marl. 
borough, at Bienbeim. Cn one of. thefe 
eccafioas the Duke requefted him to re- 
commend him a young man as private. 
tutor to his fon, the preient Duke. ~ While 
Bliis was in vain endeavouring: to recol- 
le& a perfon qualified for that fituation, 
young Mr. Moore happened te be {trolling 
In the nas He happened. to be of the 
fame college as the profeffor, who enter- 
taincd.a fincere relpe&t for him, and im-: 
mediately recommended him to his Grace, 
as well qualified to undertake the charge. 
‘Fhe Duke, in confeguence, fent for Mr. 
Moore, ‘who readily accepted his pro- 
poral, 
This appointment, however, was not with- 
cut humuliation.. The pride of the Duchelfs 
would not permit the infiruétor of her fon 
to dine ip ber prefence, and Mr. Moore 
was, ‘therefore, obliged to put up witha. 
placeatthe fecond table. The mortification 
arifing from this circumfance, at that 
time, “perhaps, not very great, did not 
continue long; for this haughty lady, be- 
coming a widow, aétually made bim an 
effer of her hand. Mr., Mocre, from a 
firong. prince of honour, declined , the 
advantage of the ccnneétion; and fo fen- 
fibie was the. young Duke of the gencro- 
fity of his condué&, that, as the firft token 
of his gratitude, he fetiled upon, him an 
annuity of acol. and rapidly obtained for 
him very valuable church preferment.... In 
1769, his Grace procured him a golden. 
/prebend in the cathedral.at. Durbam ;. in 
1971, he perfonally. folicited for. him, of. 
the King, the deanery ‘of Canterbury, 
waich he anlainee and. in, 1775 Drz. 
Memairs of Dr. Moore, Archbifbop of Canteroury. (March 1; 
Moore was elevated to the fee of Bangor. 
—QOn the death of Dr. Frederic Corn- 
wallis, in 1783, the fee of Canterbury 
was offered to the Bifhops Leowth and 
Hurd; but the fermer declined iton ac- 
count of his advanced age and love of 
lettered eafe, and the latter from affeétion. 
td his own diocefe of Wercefter. . It is 
reported that his Majefty, on this, defired 
each of thofe Prelates to recommend te 
him one of the Bifhops, as the-fitteft, in - 
their judgment, to fill the metropolitan 
chair; and that they both, without any 
previous knowledge of each other's opi- 
nioo, named: Dr. Moore. It has, never- 
thelefs,; been aflerted by others, that his 
advancement to the Primacy was the ef- 
fe& of the fame patronage which firkt: 
raifed him in the church. 
Be thisas it may, Dr. Micorai was railed 
to the archiepifcopal fee of Canterbury, 
and a more worthy Prelate could not have; 
been felefied for that elevated dignity. 
While-occupying the firft ftation in the 
church, he. has avoided all other aétivity 
but that of Chriftian piety and {piritual 
duty. He has fcarcely taken any part in 
political difputes, neither has he adopted 
any fieps to inflame the minds of diffenters, 
on the one hand, or to alarm the friends 
of orthodoxy on the other. When 
any meaiure has been agitated “in the 
Houfe of Peers, in which the interefts of: 
the church have been concerned, his Grace: 
never failed to acquit himfelf with ability: 
and moderation. During his Primacy, 
the extenfion of toleraticn and epifcopacy: 
have taken’ plaee; the Catholics having 
been greatly relieved in England, and 
Bifheps appointed in America; and both» 
thefe meaftires had his approbation and 
{upport. He was the conftant friend of: 
merit, and numerous atts of gemercus pa- 
tronage might be recorded in his praife. 
The goodnefs of his ‘heart is abundantly 
di fplayed 3 in his conduct towards. his -posr: 
relations. No feoner did be begin to talte: 
the {weets of profperity, than he haftened: 
to. communicate a portion of them to his” 
family ; and as he advanced in preferment, 
his attentioa towards it, and particularly 
to his father, who had failed in Fils, 
was proportionably increafed. 
Dr. Moore has afforded the public very: 
little opportun'ty to appreciate his literary 
talents, having printed-only two fermons ; 
one preached before the Lords, on. the: 
goth of January, 17713 and the other on 
the taft-day, in 1781. 
His Gracé ‘married Mifs Eden, a fifter 
of Sir Jeha Eden and. the prefent Lord. 
Auckiand, a very celebrated beauty. Hig: 
furyiving. chddren are, the Rev. George: 
Mwore, 
