Major-General Richard Clement Moody (13 February 1813 – 31 March 1887) was a Lieutenant-Governor and later Governor of the Falkland Islands and the first Lieutenant-Governor of the Colony of British Columbia. While serving under this post he selected the site of the new capital New Westminster. Moody was also a Colonel in the Royal Engineers and was the commander of the Columbia Detachment the force that was brought to BC to establish British order during the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush.
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