Richard A. Moore

{{Short description|American lawyer and diplomat (1914–1995)}}

{{other people||Richard Moore (disambiguation){{!}}Richard Moore}}

{{Infobox Officeholder

|name = Richard A. Moore

|image = Laying of the Foundation Stone, University of Limerick (9304848107).jpg

|caption = Moore, standing at right of center, at the University of Limerick in 1991

|office = United States Ambassador to Ireland

|president = George H. W. Bush

|term_start = September 19, 1989

|term_end = June 15, 1992

|predecessor = Margaret Heckler

|successor = William H. G. FitzGerald

|birth_date = {{birth date|1914|1|23}}

|birth_place = Albany, New York, U.S.

|death_date = {{death date and age|1995|1|27|1914|1|23}}

|death_place = Washington, D.C., U.S.

|party = Republican

|alma_mater = Yale University
Yale Law School

|spouse = Jane G. Swift
Esther Horstkotte Jantzen

|children = 5

|relatives = John D. J. Moore (brother)

|nationality = American

|allegiance = {{flag|United States|1912}}

|branch = {{flag|United States Army}}

|battles = World War II

}}

Richard Anthony Moore (January 23, 1914 – January 27, 1995) was an American lawyer and communications executive, who served as special counsel to President Richard Nixon and was United States Ambassador to Ireland (1989–1992).{{cite press release |url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=16864 |title=Nomination of Richard Anthony Moore To Be United States Ambassador to Ireland |date=March 30, 1989 |via=The American Presidency Project}}{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/29/obituaries/richard-moore-81-nixon-aide-and-former-ambassador-dies.html |title=Richard Moore, 81, Nixon Aide And Former Ambassador, Dies |newspaper=The New York Times |date=January 29, 1995}}

Moore became a special counsel to President Nixon in 1971, and in July 1973 was a witness to the Senate committee investigating the Watergate scandal. After leaving the administration he later became founder and associate producer of The McLaughlin Group, and was later ambassador to Ireland under President George H. W. Bush. His brother, John D. J. Moore, had served as ambassador to Ireland under Presidents Nixon and Ford.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-01-30-mn-26007-story.html |title=Richard A. Moore; Ex-Envoy to Ireland, Counsel to Nixon |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=January 30, 1995 |access-date=April 25, 2017}} Moore died of prostate cancer in Washington, D.C., in 1995.