Carter William Daking Ireland Moore, a clergyman, and Lucy Fanny Parker married in 1856 in Carter's home county of Lincolnshire (Lucy was a Liverpool native originally).
Carter had a rather colourful career and his family moved around quite a bit. His occupation on the 1871 census (below) is described rather lengthily as: Member of the Cambridge senate, MA of St John College, Cambridge, clergyman, curate of Woking, Hon. Chaplain to the Royal Dramatic College, Woking and domestic chaplain to Viscount Valentia.
An account of his career is even given in the Alumni Cantabrigienses:
Admitted sizar (subsidised student of moderate means), age 18, at St John’s 5 Dec. 1836, of Lincolshire.
Son of Rev. DWC (Daking William Carter) Moore;
Matriculated in the University Michaelmas Term 1837; gained B.A. 1841, M.A.I847.
Ordained deacon (Lincoln) Dec. 19 1841, priest 18 Dec. 1842; curate of Barton-on-Humber Lines, 1841-3; curate of St. Anne’s Limehouse 1843-6; curate of West Ham Essex 1846-8;
Curate in charge of Flordon Norfolk, 1848-5 2; ‘deprived of his licence by the Bishop of Norwich, for having, in full canonicals, cursed a magistrate of Norfolk as he was getting into his carriage at Flordon station; committed to Norwich Castle 21 March 1852;
Domestic chaplain to Viscount Valencia, 1855-84;
Curate of Leyton Essex, 1867-9; curate of Woking, Surrey, 1869-71; curate of St. Martin’s Colchester and curate of St. Peter’s Colchester, in 1878; chaplain of Colchester Union, 1875-84;
author: ‘Sermons: The Institution of the Sabbath’, etc
The Moore family on the 1871 census
The couple's first child was born in Twickenham, Middlesex in 1857. They named him Annesley Valentia Daking Ireland Moore. The first part of his name clearly mirrors that of Rev. Moore's employer, the Viscount Valentia, whose given name was Arthur Annesley, 10th Viscount Valentia, an Irish peerage title. The second part of the name mirrors that of Rev. Moore's, and that of his own father (Daking William Carter). Annesley went on to become an officer in the Essex Rifle Corps.
Whilst still living in Twickenham, their first daughter was born. Mary Windham Mountnorris Moore arrived in 1859 and, again, there was another nod to the Annesley family in her name. Both the 8th and the 9th Viscount Valentia also held the title of Earl of Mountnorris. Windham is another aristocratic name, and there are a few examples of Windhams on the Annesley family tree.
Mary worked as a governess before she married corn and coal merchant Charles Bartlett. Their children were named Charles William, Olivia May, Gwynedd, Douglas, Doris Evelyn and Eileen Moore.
Next came another boy in 1862 who was named Haversham Anglesey Carter William Moore. The last two names were obviously after his father, while the Earl of Anglesey was yet another peer title held by the Annesley family. Haversham is a name that also appears (albeit distantly) on the Viscount Valentia's family tree: the 1st Baron Haversham was the second husband of Lady Frances Annesley* and their daughter also married into the family*. Haversham died at the age of 17.
The family moved to Leyton, Essex in 1867, and that is where another daughter was born. She was named Drogheda Wentworth Mountcashel Moore in 1867 (Drogheda is pronounced either as DRAW-da or DRO-heh-da). The Earl of Drogheda is another Irish peerage title, created first for Henry Moore, 3rd Viscount Moore in 1661, while Earl Mount Cashel was created for Stephen Moore, 1st Earl Mount Cashell in 1781 (possible linking of the peerage titles with the family surname?). Baron Wentworth, unsurprisingly, is another peerage title. Drogheda died aged 11.
The couple's last child, born in Woking, Surrey in 1870, was named Lucy Beaufort Noel Sarah Somerset Moore. Lucy is obviously after her mother, and Sarah was most likely in honour of her grandmother (Carter's mother). Originally, the title of Duke of Somerset was held by the Beauforts, children of the heroic John of Gaunt. Lucy became a lady's companion and lived to the grand old age of 79.
I cannot tell from records whether Carter, in choosing these names, was trying to ingratiate himself with his emplyer; had aspirations to aristocracy, or whether he had a distant connection to these aristocratic families that he was trying to stake a claim to. I leave it to your imagination.
