Sophia Augusta Moore (née Lysaght; 18 December 1861 - 26 March 1945) was a New Zealand artist. Her work is in the collections of the

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. She was the mother of the artist John Lysaght Moore. Lysaght was born on 18 December 1861. She was the daughter of Frances Charlotte (née Gardiner) and James Richard Lysaght. She was a direct descendant of Anne, Duchess of Exeter. Her great-great-great-great-grandfather was the brewer Sir Benjamin Truman. She married Francis Edward Moore, a grandson of

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on 26 November 1884 at St Mary's Church,

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. She died on 26 March 1945.

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