Early Life
Moorhouse was born in Yorkshire, England, and baptised on 18 December 1825. He trained as a lawyer. After working for a time in London, he moved to Lyttelton, New Zealand, with his two brothers (Benjamin and Thomas) in 1851. Soon afterwards, he moved to Wellington, where he resumed his law practice. After marrying in 1853, he briefly moved to Australia, but subsequently returned to Lyttelton. Later he moved to Christchurch, where he acted as a lawyer, magistrate, newspaper editor, and ship owner. His sister Sarah Ann Moorhouse married William Barnard Rhodes.
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