Samuel Edward Moore (born 1803) was a prominent early settler in colonial Western Australia, a merchant, pastoralist and a politician. Samuel Edward Moore was born in 1803 in Derry, Ireland, the son of Joseph Moore and his wife Anne, née Fletcher. He had been involved in glass manufacturing in Ireland from 1823, which failed due to heavy duties on Irish glass. He was made a freeman of the city of Derry in 1827. Moore began trading there in farm produce. In 1848, he was beset by bad debts, family illness, poor crops, and, in August, the Vixen, used to ship his produce, was wrecked.