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[[Lieutenant-Colonel]] '''Sir George Montgomerie John Moore''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CIE}} (22 November 1844 – 5 April 1911) was a British army officer and administrator who served as [[President (government title)#Sub-national|President]] of the [[Corporation of Madras]] from 1886 to 1902. Moore is remembered for the creation of [[Moore Market]] which was later named after him.<ref>{{cite book|title=Narrative of the celebration of the jubilee of Queen Victoria in the presidency of Madras|page=xiv|year=1887|first=Charles Allen|last=Lawson|publisher=[[Oxford University]]}}</ref>

Moore was born in British India, the son of Capt. Thomas Palmer Moore and his wife, Janet. He was baptised in [[Berhampore]], Madras.<ref>{{cite book |title=Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage |date=1898 |publisher=Burke's Peerage Limited. |page=1679 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NlhQAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1679 |accessdate=16 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>''India, Select Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947''</ref>

Moore was District Grand Master for Madras in the [[Masonic lodge|Masonic]] [[United Grand Lodge of England]].<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Court Circular |day_of_week=Monday |date=24 November 1902 |page_number=6 |issue=36933}}</ref>

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