Morel, Philippia; dau. of --- Chancey ; of Chiswick, Middlesex, on marriage ; already keeping a boarding house for the School by 30 Sep 1728, when she received a payment for the boarding fees of Chamberlayne and Robert Dashwood (qvv) ; kept a boarding house in Cowley Street 1738-54 and at 1 Little Dean’s Yard from 1754 (succeeding Mrs.Watts there) ; first three of fifty-three recorded boarders in period for which boarding data is available adm. Apr 1738, last recorded boarder adm. Feb 1753, two further boarders recorded later ; her initial three boarders included Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquis of Rockingham (qv), a future Prime Minister, and later boarders included Jeremy Bentham (qv) ; she bequeathed the remainder of the lease of “the house I now dwell in”, evidently 1 Little Dean’s Yard, to her son William Morel (qv) ; she also bequeathed to a grand-daughter “my diamond ring that was given me by His Grace the Duke of Leeds in memory of his son the late Marquis of Carmarthen deceased” (who will therefore have been one of her boarders) ; m. 1727 John Niccolo Morel (of St.James’s, Westminster, on marriage), Page of the Backstairs to Queen Caroline (occurs 1734-7) (his will proved PCC 5 Jan 1749, as of St.John the Evangelist, Westminster) ; d. 2 Feb 1768 (Public Advertiser 4 Feb 1768). Will dated 30 Apr 1765, proved PCC 3 Mar 1768, she of St.Margaret’s, Westminster, widow. [Receipted bill for school expenses of Sir Charles Hotham, Bart., quarter ending 23 Apr 1743, is signed “T.W.Morel” (transcription by A.M.W.Stirling, The Hothams, ii, 2, note), but “T.W,”is no doubt a misreading of “J.N.”]
MORECROFT, EDWARD, son of Rev. Ferdinand Morecroft, Rector of Stanhope, co. Durham, and Prebendary of Durham, and Margaret, dau. of Francis James DCL; b.; adm.; KS 1633; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1636, matr. 15 Jul 1636, aged 17, Westminster Student; BA 1640; ordained; Rector of Redmarshall, co. Durham, from 23 Nov 1668; m. 3 Sep 1639 Jeronyma, dau. of James Hilton, Dyons, co. Durham; buried Redmarshall, co. Durham 18 Oct 1694.
MORECOCKE, THOMAS, son of Valentine Morecocke, Wilts.; bapt. Hungerford, Berks. 29 Dec 1611 (IGI) (as Murcocke); adm.; KS (aged 16) 1629; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1634, adm. scholar 1635, matr. Easter 1636; BA 1637/8; MA 1641; living 14 Jun 1647, when proved will of sister Naomi.
MOREAU, JAMES, son of Capt. James Philip Moreau, Knightsbridge, Middlesex, and Esther Chaigneau (IGI); bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields, London 9 Jul 1716; adm. (aged 13) Jun 1730; left 1733.
MOREAU, CHARLES FREDERICK; b. Königsberg, Prussia; adm. (aged 14) Jun 1749 (Howe's); left 1752; Clare Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 14 Jun 1753, fellow commoner 16 Jan 1758; BA 1757; MA 1760; ordained; Rector of Shillingstone, Dorset, from 2 Jul 1759; Rector of Durweston, Dorset, from 1765; Minister, Beaufort, South Carolina 1773-6; Rector of St. Michael’s, Charleston, South Carolina 1778-80; m. 16 Jul 1758 Ann Donley; d. in North Carolina 26 Sep 1784. [son or nephew of James Moreau (qv)]
MORE, WILLIAM; b.; adm.; GS 1540 (British Library, Add. MSS 40061).
MORE, THOMAS; b. ; adm. ; KS 1540 (Chapter Muniments 6478).
More, Robert Henry, second son of Robert Jasper More, M.P., of Linley Hall, Salop, by Evaline Frances, daughter of the Rev. Edward Carr, LL. D., Canon of Liverpool; b. March 9, 1875; adm. Jan. 17, 1889 (H); left Jan. 1891; Lieut. Shropshire Yeomanry; served in South Africa 1900-2; served in Great War I; asst. to Military Secretary, War Office, Aug. 1914 - April 1917; Lieut.-Col. R.A.F. April 1, 1918; Brig.-Gen.; Director of Air Personal Services Jan. 16, 1919; mentioned in despatches L. G. Feb. 12, 1918; C.M.G. Jan. 1, 1918; C.B.E. June 3, 1919; Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus, Italy; m. Jan. 16, 1919, Phyllis Blanche, younger daughter of the Hon. Francis Parker, M.P., of Bagley Wood, Oxford; d. Nov. 1, 1951.
More, Richard Edwardes, brother of Robert Henry More (q.v.); b. Jan. 3, 1879; adm. Sept. 25, 1890 (R); elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1897, matric. Michaelmas 1897; B.A. 1902; played cricket for Oxford 1900-1 and for Middlesex 1901 and 1904; Sudan Civ. Serv. 1902; Gov. of Khartoum Province 1914; Sudan Agent, Cairo, since 1920; O.B.E. Dec. 5, 1919; 1st class Order of the Osmanieh 1912, 3rd class Order of the Nile 1918, and 2nd class Order of the Nile 1926; C.M.G. 1928; Grand Cordon of the Order of the Nile 1931; m. July 21, 1905, Ethel Alice, daughter of John James Bodkin, of Kilclooney, Galway; d. Nov. 24, 1936.