It was incredible. In 1918 he developed tuberculosis and died of the illness in 1919 aged 47. A small office in Church Street, Liverpool, was rented and the first 4,000 coupons were distributed outside Manchester United's Old Trafford ground before one Saturday match that winter. They had six children, four of whom lived to maturity: Joanna (b.1475-1542), Thomas (1478-1535), John (1479/80-1512) and Elizabeth (1482-1536). In March, this year, Mr Dale's fears proved correct. His shares in Everton FC were left to his two sons and his shareholdings and investments in Bermuda to his two daughters. By the early 1960s, the exhibition was regarded as the UK's leading showcase for avant-garde painting. One group, fed up with the internal squabbles and thought to represent 30 per cent of the shares, wants to sell out completely. of his father's will. The following month it was revealed he left an estate valued at 10 million gross in his will that he made on 11 March 1988. He told me very little. Barbara Clegg, Moores, Sir John (18961993), Aberdeen Press and Journal - Saturday 18 December 1993, Kenneth Bent Suenson-Taylor, 2nd Baron Grantchester, "Sir John Moores, 97, Briton Who Created A Gambling Empire", "h2g2 - Sir John Moores - 20th Century Entrepreneur", "h2g2 - Sir John Moores - 20th Century Entrepreneur - Edited Entry", College of Technology and Museum Extension, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Moores_(British_businessman)&oldid=1152368047, Commanders of the Order of the British Empire, People associated with Liverpool John Moores University, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Elizabeth, Lady Grantchester (8 June 1925 2 February 2019) who married on 12 April 1947. His father, Thomas Moore, described on his alter-tomb in St. Mary-in-Arden as "Gent.," is an instance of the manner in which cadets of old county families were in the habit at this period of taking up a trade. 4 July 1937). Spouse(s) Moores's originality lay in applying a mix of these schemes to a large-scale business enterprise. He was one of eight children and the eldest of four sons. _______________________________________. Genealogy for Sir John Moore (1558 - c.1592) family tree on Geni, with over 230 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. . To my knowledge none of my "clients" won a penny. Agnes was the daughter of Thomas Graunger, an Alderman of London and a Merchant of the Staple of Calais. They had four children: In 1992, Liverpool Polytechnic took the name Liverpool John Moores University in his honour upon being granted university status.