James Leith Moody, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

James Leith Moody

British cleric

Date of Birth: 25-Jun-1816

Place of Birth: Barbados

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Profession: priest

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

James Leith Moody (1816–1896) was a British priest who served as Chaplain to the Royal Navy in China and to the British Army in the Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Malta, and Crimea. He was a member of the prominent British imperialist Moody family.
He was the third son of Colonel Thomas Moody, Kt..
James Leith Moody's brothers included Major-General Richard Clement Moody, the first British Governor of the Falkland Islands, and the founder and first Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia; and Colonel Hampden Clement Blamire Moody CB, the Commander of the Royal Engineers in China.
He was an uncle of Colonel Richard Stanley Hawks Moody CB. He was named after Sir James Leith, to whom his father had served as aide-de-camp during the Napoleonic Wars, and of whom his father was an admirer.