Surname: Moultrie Forename(s): John b. 1799. d. 1874. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet, hymnist, and clergyman. Born in London. Son of Rev. George Moultrie. Attended
Eton College and then Trinity College, Cambridge. Admitted to Inner Temple but then
changed profession to enter the Church. In 1825 he became clergyman at Rugby in 1825,
where he befriended Thomas Arnold. Author of Poems (1876). Biographical information: Reilly, Mid-Victorian Poetry, pp. 327-8. (AC)