John Moore (British Army officer)

Lieutenant-General

Sir John Moore

KB
Lieutenant-General; Sir John Moore; KB
	Portrait of Sir John Moore by Sir Thomas Lawrence, c. 1800–1804
Born	13 November 1761; Glasgow, Scotland
Died	16 January 1809 (aged 47); A Coruña, Province of A Coruña, Spain
Allegiance	Kingdom of Great Britain ; United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Service years	1776–1809
Rank	Lieutenant-general
Conflicts	American War of Independence Penobscot Expedition; ; French Revolutionary Wars Siege of Calvi (WIA); Irish Rebellion of 1798 Battle of Foulksmills; ; Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland Battle of Callantsoog; Battle of Krabbendam (WIA); Battle of Alkmaar (1799) (WIA); ; French invasion of Egypt and Syria Battle of Abukir (1801); Battle of Alexandria (1801); ; ; Peninsular War Battle of Corunna †; ;
Awards	Order of the Bath
Other work	MP for Lanark Burghs

Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore, KB (13 November 1761 – 16 January 1809) was a British Army officer and Whig politician who represented Lanark Burghs in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1784 to 1790. He is known for his military training reforms and for his death at the Battle of Corunna, in which he fought a French army under Marshal Jean-de-Dieu Soult during the Peninsular War.