Frederick Moir (African Lakes Corporation)
Frederick Lewis Maitland Moir (Edinburgh, 1852–1939) was a trader, road-builder and writer in Nyasaland, East Africa, involved in the African Lakes Corporation. In authorship he is known as F. L. M. Moir.
Early life
[edit]Moir was born in Edinburgh He was the younger son of Margaret Louisa Maitland and her husband, Dr. John Innes Allan Moir.[1] His family, including older brother John William Moir (1851–1940), who later married Helen Elizabeth Tod, lived at 52 Castle Street in Edinburgh's New Town.[2][3]
Through his nephew Dr. Henry Maitland Moir and his wife, Rose Ochterlony, he was great-uncle to Father John Maitland Moir (1924–2013), the Orthodox Chaplain to the University of Edinburgh.[4]
Career
[edit]He was accompanied in Africa by his older brother John William Moir who was also an ivory trader and road-builder.[5][6] While in Africa, he became a trader, road-builder and writer in Nyasaland, East Africa, and was involved in the African Lakes Corporation.
Personal life
[edit]On 4 October 1885, he was married to Jane Fordyce Beith. Jane was a daughter of Gilbert Beith MP for Glasgow Central and Inverness Burghs and the granddaughter of Rev. Alexander Beith, D.D. They had three daughters.[7]
He retired to 16 Kensington Gate in Kelvinside in Glasgow.[8]
Works
[edit]- After Livingstone. An African trade romance The history of the African Lakes Corporation. With plates 1923
References
[edit]- ^ "Read the eBook Moir genealogy and collateral lines, with historical notes by Alexander L. Moir online for free (page 20 of 49)". www.ebooksread.com. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1852
- ^ Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage: Comprising Information Concerning All Persons Bearing Hereditary Or Courtesy Titles, Knights, and Companions of All the Various Orders, and the Collateral Branches of All Peers and Baronets. Dean & Son, Limited. 1902. p. 495. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
- ^ "Priest dies just weeks after completing his "life's work"". Deadline News. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
- ^ The story of Nyasaland told in a series of historical pictures National Archives of Rhodesia and Nyasaland - 1951 "The Moir Brothers Frederick Lewis Maitland Moir and John William Moir. The two brothers made their first acquaintance with Central Africa in 1877, when they volunteered to build a road from Dar es Salaam, then a mere village, to Lake Nyasa "
- ^ "Moir, John William (1851–1940), trader in Africa : Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - oi". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/94727. Retrieved 2 June 2019. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ Glasgow Post Office Directory 1911
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