| Authorised form of name | Moulton; John Fletcher (1844 - 1921); Baron Moulton |
| Dates | 1844 - 1921 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Madeley, Shropshire, England |
| Date of birth | 18 November 1844 |
| Date of death | 09/03/1921 |
| Occupation | Barrister |
| Activity | Education:
Kingswood School, Bath; Cambridge. BA (1868). Middle Temple
Career:
Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge (1868-1875); called to the Bar at Middle Temple (1874); Queen's Counsel (1885); MP for Battersea, Clapham Division (1885-1886); MP for South Hackney (1894-1895); MP for Launceston (1898-1906); first Chairman, Medical Research Council; Lord Justice of Appeal (1906); Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (1912); Director General of Explosives, Ministry of Munitions (1915)
Honours:
Kt 1906; Baron 1912; KCB 1915; GBE 1917
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 03/06/1880 |
| Relationships | Son of Rev James Egan Moulton, Wesleyan Minister.
Married: 1) (1875) Clara, widow of R W Thompson of Edinburgh; 2) (1901) Mary May, daughter of Major Henry Davis of La Floridiana, Naples |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
Vanity Fair 04 October 1900
William Van der Kloot, 'Lord Justice of Appeal John Fletcher Moulton and Explosives production in World War I: "The Mathematical Mind Triumphant" ' in NR 2014 vol 68, no 2, pp 171-186 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/39460590 |
| Code | NA2180 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1880/13 | Moulton, John Fletcher, Baron Moulton: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/35/369 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir John Fletcher Moulton, Fellow of the Royal Society | 24 May 1907 |
| NLB/3/814 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 16 October 1889 |
| NLB/5/1136 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Percy Carlyle Gilchrist, 101 Palace Chambers, 9 Bridge Street, Westminster, S.W. | 8 January 1892 |
| NLB/10/498 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to John Fletcher Moulton, Fellow of the Royal Society | 7 December 1894 |
| NLB/27/733 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to John Fletcher Moulton, Fellow of the Royal Society | 23 November 1903 |
| NLB/35/658 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir John Fletcher Moulton, Fellow of the Royal Society | 27 June 1907 |
| NLB/35/607 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir John Fletcher Moulton, Fellow of the Royal Society | 18 June 1907 |
| NLB/35/317 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir John Fletcher Moulton, Fellow of the Royal Society | 15 May 1907 |
| NLB/35/561 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir John Fletcher Moulton, Fellow of the Royal Society | 14 June 1907 |
| NLB/51/118 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society to the Lord Moulton FRS | 14 December 1914 |
| RR/8/260 | Referee's report by Warren de la Rue, on a paper 'On the sensitive state of vacuum discharges.—Part II' by William Spottiswoode and John Fletcher Moulton, Baron Moulton | 26 April 1880 |
| RR/8/208 | Letter from William Spottiswoode, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding a paper 'On the sensitive state of electrical discharges through rarefied gases' by William Spottiswoode and John Fletcher Moulton, Baron Moulton | 28 June 1879 |
| NLB/3/721 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to the Secretary of The Pasteur Fund, Mansion House | 24 September 1889 |
| RR/8/206 | Referee's report by Warren de la Rue, on a paper 'On the sensitive state of electrical discharges through rarefied gases' by William Spottiswoode and John Fletcher Moulton, Baron Moulton | 12 June 1879 |
| MC/12/54 | Letter from J [John] Fletcher Moulton, 74 Onslow Gardens, to the Secretary of the Royal Society | 4 June 1880 |
| MC/12 | Volume 12 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1880-1883 |
| PP/1/40 | Paper, 'On the movement of gas in "vacuum discharges"' by William Spottiswoode and J [John] Fletcher Moulton | 1882 |
| RR/8/207 | Referee's report by James Clerk Maxwell, on a paper 'On the sensitive state of electrical discharges through rarefied gases' by William Spottiswoode and John Fletcher Moulton, Baron Moulton | 12 June 1879 |