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GB-2014-WSA-12609 · Person · ca. 1663-1728

MORLEY, CHARLES, son of William Morley, London; b.; adm.; KS 1678; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1681, adm. pens. 17 May 1681, aged 18, scholar 1682, matr. 1682; BA 1684/5; MA 1688; MD 1698; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 9 Apr 1687, Major Fellow 2 Oct 1688 – c. 1699; Leyden Univ., adm. 23 Aug 1691; Physician-General to expedition sent to Cadiz and Vigo under command of Duke of Ormonde 17 Apr 1702; a Commissioner for Sick and Wounded Prisoners, and for Exchange of Prisoners of War, 17 Jun 1702; a Burgess of Portsmouth 17 Mar 1703/4; m. Elizabeth, widow of Capt. James Calthorpe, West Barsham, Norfolk, and dau. of James Cooper, Drury Lane, London; living 1720. [Perhaps bapt. Boxgrove, Sussex 2 Jan 1663, son of William Morley, and Elizabeth --- (IGI)] [will proved PCC 16 Oct 1728]

Morland, Sir Samuel, d. 1716
GB-2014-WSA-019352 · Person · d. 1716

MORLAND, SIR SAMUEL, BART. , son of Sir Samuel Morland, Bart. , mathematician and inventor, and his first wife Susanne, dau. of Daniel de Milleville, Baron de Boissay, Normandy, France; b. ; at school under Busby (Adm. Reg. of Magd. Coll. Camb. ); Magdalene Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 9 Apr 1679, aged 16; adm. Middle Temple 27 Mar 1679; disinherited by father; succ. father as 2nd baronet 30 Dec 1695; m. ; d. Nov 1716.

GB-2014-WSA-12608 · Person · 1920-2005

Morland, John Kenneth, son of Stanley Morland, stockbroker, of Highgate, and Pauline Victo­ria, d. of Eugene Karminski; b. 7 July 1920; adm. Sept. 1933 (G, non-res. KS); left Dec. 1937; Trin. Hall Camb., matric. 1938, BA 1941, MA 1949; RM 1941-5 (Capt.); dir. Triefus plc, diamond merchants, retd 1984; AIL 1985; m. 18 Oct. 1947 Judith, d. of Frank Potter of Colchester, Essex, and widow of Wing Cdr Guy Bruce-Lockhart DSO RAF; d. 22 May 2005.

Morland, George, 1734-1814
GB-2014-WSA-12607 · Person · 1734-1814

MORLAND, GEORGE, son of Metcalfe Morland, St. George’s, Hanover Square, London, and Sarah, sister of James Maud, Crutched Friars, London; b. 22 Jan 1733/4; adm. Jun 1743; left 1748; Cornet, Earl of Albemarle’s Dragoons 12 May 1756; of Chelsfield Court, Kent, bequeathed to him and his brother Francis by Mary (née Maud), widow successively of John Tattersall (adm. 1721, qv) and of Brass Crosby MP, Lord Mayor of London; m.; d. 22 Jan 1814.

GB-2014-WSA-12606 · Person · ca. 1739-1808

MORLAND, FRANCIS, brother of George Morland (qv); b.; adm. (aged 7) Jun 1746; left 1748; Cornet, 3rd Dragoons 25 Mar 1758; retd. 1764; of Clapton Hall, Northants; m. 4 Mar 1769 Elizabeth Hinde, Great Baddow, Essex, widow; d. 25 Jun 1808.

Morland, Edward, 1841-1894
GB-2014-WSA-12605 · Person · 1841-1894

MORLAND, EDWARD, third son of George Bowes Morland, Abingdon, Berks., and Mary, dau. of Thomas Thornhill, Woodleys, Oxfordshire; b. 26 Dec 1841; adm. 28 Sep 1854 (G); left 1857; brewer; Mayor of Abingdon several times; JP Berkshire 1882; m. 1881 Ethel, third dau. of James Duncan Thomson, Aston, Herts.; d. 12 Jul 1894.

GB-2014-WSA-12604 · Person · 1902-1982

Moritz, Philip Arnold, son of Arnold Moritz, of Kensington, by Constance Edith, daughter of Charles Bennett; b. Feb. 8, 1902; adm. Jan. 20, 1916 (H); left July 1920; Imperial Coll. of Science, South Kensington; A.R.C.S; d. 1982.

Morison, Theodore, 1863-1936
GB-2014-WSA-12603 · Person · 1863-1936

MORISON, SIR THEODORE, son of James Augustus Cotter Morison, Fitzjohn’s Avenue, Hampstead, Middlesex, writer, and Frances Adelaide, dau. of George Virtue, Walton on Thames, Surrey, publisher; b. 9 May 1863; adm. 26 Sep 1878 (G); elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1882 (with Triplett), adm. pens. 4 Oct 1882; BA 1885; MA 1889; DCL Durham 1920; tutor to Maharajahs of Chhaturpur and Charkhari 1886-8; Professor, Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental Coll., Aligarh 1889-99, Principal of Coll. 1899-1905; member, Council of India 19 Dec 1906 – 18 Dec 1916; member, Royal Commission on Public Services of India 1913-5; 2nd Lieut., 1st bn. Cambridge Regt., 16 Nov 1915; served East African Expeditionary Force 1916-8, and afterwards at War Office; demobilised Apr 1919, with rank Lieut. -Col.; Principal, Armstrong College, Newcastle upon Tyne 1919-29; Vice-Chancellor, Durham Univ., 1924-6; Director, British Institute, Paris, from 1933; KCIE 1 Jan 1910; KCSI 1 Jan 1917; CBE 3 Jun 1918; Officier de la Croix de Léopold (Belgium) 1918; author, The Industrial Organisation of an Indian Province, 1906, and other works; m. 21 Oct 1895 Margaret, dau. of Right Hon. Arthur Cohen KC MP, Cumberland Place, Hyde Park, London; d. 24 Feb 1936. DNB.

GB-2014-WSA-12602 · Person · 1898-1972

Morison, Roderick Henry, son of Henry Morison, of Calcutta, barrister-at-law, by Jessie Reid, daughter of Thomas Joseph Balland, of Holywell, Flint; b. March 7, 1898; adm. Sept. 26, 1912 (A); left July 1916; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 28th Batt. London Regt. Nov. 28, 1917; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1920; B.A. 1922; a journalist; editor of the Overseas Daily Mail 1932-40; on the staff of the Ministry of Information 1940-5; head of News Room, London Press Service, since 1945; m. July 30, 1932, Kathleen Rose Margaret, daughter of John Eales, of Sydenham; d. 1972.

Morice, William, d. 1769
GB-2014-WSA-12601 · Person · d. 1769

MORICE, WILLIAM, eldest son of Thomas Morice, Paymaster of British Forces in Portugal, and Alice, dau. of Sir William Underhill, Kt, Idlicote, Warwicks.; b.; adm.; QS 1705; High Bailiff of Westminster 1719 – 14 Feb 1730/1, when he was allowed to sell post to a successor, on condition of giving £500 towards the building of the new Dormitory; an executor of the will of his father-in-law Francis Atterbury (KS 1674, qv); living at Lisbon in 1747; still alive at Northfleet, Kent 1761, living under assumed name of Thompson to avoid his creditors; m. 1st, 21 May 1715 Mary, dau. of Francis Atterbury (KS 1674, qv); m. 2nd, 2 Mar 1731/2 Anne, dau. of Capt. John Philpot, Rotherhithe, Surrey; d. 1769.