Frederick Moir (African Lakes Corporation) Explained

Frederick Lewis Maitland Moir (Edinburgh, 1852–1939) was a trader, road-builder and writer in Nyasaland, East Africa, involved in the African Lakes Corporation. In authorship he is known as F. L. M. Moir.

Early life

Moir was born in Edinburgh He was the younger son of Margaret Louisa Maitland and her husband, Dr. John Innes Allan Moir.^[1] His family, including older brother John William Moir (1851–1940), who later married Helen Elizabeth Tod, lived at 52 Castle Street in Edinburgh's New Town.^{[2] [3]}

Through his nephew Dr. Henry Maitland Moir and his wife, Rose Ochterlony, he was great-uncle to Father John Maitland Moir (1924–2013), the Orthodox Chaplain to the University of Edinburgh.^[4]

Career

He was accompanied in Africa by his older brother John William Moir who was also an ivory trader and road-builder.^{[5] [6]} While in Africa, he became a trader, road-builder and writer in Nyasaland, East Africa, and was involved in the African Lakes Corporation.

Personal life

On 4 October 1885, he was married to Jane Fordyce Beith. Jane was a daughter of Gilbert Beith MP for Glasgow Central and Inverness Burghs and the granddaughter of Rev. Alexander Beith, D.D. They had three daughters.^[7]

He retired to 16 Kensington Gate in Kelvinside in Glasgow.^[8]

Works

• After Livingstone. An African trade romance The history of the African Lakes Corporation. With plates 1923

Notes and References

1. Web site: Read the eBook Moir genealogy and collateral lines, with historical notes by Alexander L. Moir online for free (page 20 of 49). www.ebooksread.com. 2019-06-02.
2. Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1852
3. Book: Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage: Comprising Information Concerning All Persons Bearing Hereditary Or Courtesy Titles, Knights, and Companions of All the Various Orders, and the Collateral Branches of All Peers and Baronets . 1902 . Dean & Son, Limited . 495 . 20 August 2019 . en.
4. News: Priest dies just weeks after completing his "life's work" . 20 August 2019 . Deadline News . 26 April 2013.
5. The story of Nyasaland told in a series of historical pictures National Archives of Rhodesia and Nyasaland - 1951 "The Moir Brothers Frederick Lewis Maitland Moir and John William Moir. The two brothers made their first acquaintance with Central Africa in 1877, when they volunteered to build a road from Dar es Salaam, then a mere village, to Lake Nyasa "
6. Moir, John William (1851–1940), trader in Africa : Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - oi. 2004. en. 10.1093/ref:odnb/94727. 2019-06-02.
7. Web site: Person Page. www.thepeerage.com. 2019-06-02.
8. Glasgow Post Office Directory 1911