John Moses (Norwegian politician)

[1] John Moses was born in Kristiansund in Møre og Romsdal, Norway.

He belonged to a merchant family of British descent who had settled in Kristiansund to conduct the trade of large-scale fish exports.

He ran an export and import business, together with a shipping company.

From the 1820s, he was living in London, where he ran the shipping business, conducting trading in a number of European countries.

[3] [4] John Moses was married to Anna Holck Tordenskjold (1782–1854) with whom he had seven children.