About Edward Moon
Lived 1825 – 1904 (aged 78). Edward Moon was a British rower.
Sir Edward Graham Moon, 2nd Baronet (25 March 1825 – 21 February 1904), was an English rower and clergyman.
Moon was the son of Sir Francis Moon, 1st Baronet, and his wife Anne Chancellor. His father was a printseller and publisher and Lord Mayor of London. Moon was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he was a leading oarsman. In 1846 he won the University Sculls and the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta. In 1847 at Henley he lost Diamonds in the final to William Maule. However he was bow in the Oxford crew which won the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley beating Cambridge in a year when there was no Boat Race. Moon's opposite number at bow in the Cambridge boat was William Maule.
Moon was ordained deacon in 1849 and priest in 1851 and was curate of St. John's, Worcester and of Bredon, Worcestershire. He inherited the baronetcy in 1871 on the death of his father, who was commemorated in much of the restoration work in the church.
Moon died at Fetcham at the age of 78 and was buried in the churchyard. There is a memorial east window.
Moon married Ellen Sidney, only daughter of Thomas Sidney in the West Ham district in 1851.
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Who was Edward Moon?
British rower and priest (1825-1904)
When was Edward Moon born?
Edward Moon was born on 25 March 1825.
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Edward Moon died on 21 February 1904 in Fetcham.
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Edward Moon was a rower.
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Edward Moon was British.
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