John Carrick Moore (1805–1898) FGS, FRS was an eminent geologist[1] and the "last of that band of ardent field-geologists who … did so much to investigate the underground structure of the British Islands".

[7] In November 1855 John Carrick Moore was proposed as a Fellow of the Royal Society, his nomination paper being signed first by his friend Charles Lyell; others who subscribed included Adam Sedgwick, Roderick Murchison, Leonard Horner and Michael Faraday.

On 27 February 1875 Moore was one of the pallbearers at the funeral of his friend Sir Charles Lyell, who was laid to rest in the nave of Westminster Abbey.

They had two children: Caroline Moore – who had been presented to the Queen at St James’s Palace on 2 May 1855 by Viscountess Dalrymple,[13] and who had done the same for her daughter on 29 April 1856[14] – died on 27 December 1876 at 113 Eaton Square.

[15] John Carrick Moore died at Eaton Square on 12 February 1898, two days before his 93rd birthday, leaving an estate valued at over £146,000.