Rear-Admiral Thomas Edward Laws Moore, FRS (9 February 1816 – 30 April 1872) was a Royal Navy officer and explorer.

Not much is known about his family prior to his birth; however, both his father and paternal grandfather, Robert Moore, were shipwrights in the Chatham Dockyards.

John and Mary also had 3 other children, Thomas being the youngest child, including Commander Robert Seppings Moore, RN.

He joined the Royal Navy in 1833 as a first-class volunteer and was mate of HMS Terror during the Ross expedition.

From 1847 to 1852, he commanded HMS Plover, which was searching for Franklin's lost expedition; during the voyage, he called at Stanley, Falkland Islands in 1848.