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Robert Brodribb Stewart Hammond (b. 1870 d. 1946) was ordained Deacon in 1894 and Priest in 1896, and worked until 1918 as Curate in several Sydney parishes. From 1918-1943 Hammond was Rector of St. Barnabas', Broadway, and was Canon of St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney, from 1931-1944. In 1907 Hammond founded GRIT, a weekly Temperance journal, and from 1918-1943 he was President of the Australian Prohibition Alliance. Amongst other activities, Hammond founded homes for the unemployed and in 1932, began the Hammondville Settlement for the destitute. This work was recognized by the bestowal of an O.B.E. in 1937.

David James Knox, a student at Moore Theological College 1897-1899, was ordained in 1899. Among his many activities, Canon Knox served with the Y.M.C.A. during World War I and was Canon of St. Andrews Cathedral, Sydney, in the 1940s (a position his son, D.B. Knox, held in the 1960s). Canon Knox also had an active interest in the Church Missionary Society, the Moore Theological College Building Fund, and the Church of England Bible College.

Joseph Fillingham was a Methodist minister at Grafton, NSW, who also traveled the Maitland circuit. He was born and raised in York, and married Eliza Rebecca Orton in 1855. He died of consumption (tuberculosis).

William Hotston was born in Sussex, and studied at Moore College from 1879-1881. He was ordained in Bathurst in 1889 and served in many churches around Bathurst and Sydney.

Mervyn Archdall was born in Clonmel, Ireland, and studied at Corpus Christi College Cambridge. He married Martha Karow in 1882 and they sailed to Sydney that same year. He served at St Mary's Balmain and in 1902 became Canon of St Andrew's Cathedral. He promoted deaconesses and founded 'Bethany' for their training in 1891. In 1908 he was appointed Rector of St Stephen's Penrith and served there until his retirement in 1913. He died of cardiac disease in 1917. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/archdall-mervyn-5044

The Reverend Robert Taylor [1834 — 1907], was ordained a Deacon in 1859 and Priest in 1860. Taylor was instrumental in the establishment of St. Stephen's Church, Newtown, where he ministered from 1866 — 1907. In the 1890's he had the distinction of being Canon of St. Andrew's Cathedral.

The Reverend Stephen Taylor (1869 — 1953), son of the Reverend Robert Taylor, was educated at Cambridge, England, in the early 1890's, where he was ordained and began preaching until 1895. He was Curate in his father's church, St. Stephen's, Newtown [1895-1898] before serving in Newcastle. Taylor was editor of The Church Record from 1916-1926.

David Broughton Knox, son of Canon D.J. Knox, had a long and distinguished connection with Moore Theological College. He was resident tutor from 1947-1953, Vice-Principal from 1954-1958 and Principal from 1959-85. Canon Knox, amongst other interests and duties, was a past President of the Council of Churches (NSW) and was Canon of St. Andrews Cathedral (as was his father in the 1940s) in the 1960s. In 1989 he established George Whitefield College in South Africa, and served as Principal until 1992. He married Ailsa Lane in 1950 and they had six children.