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MORTIMER, BROOKE CUNLIFFE, son of Rev. George Ferris Whidbourne Mortimer DD, Head Master, City of London Sch., and Prebendary of St. Paul’s, and Jane, dau. of Alexander Gordon, Bishopsteignton, Devon; b. 9 Sep 1842; adm. 10 Jun 1852; Corpus Christi Coll. Cambridge, matr. Mich. 1861; BA 1865; MA 1872; ordained deacon 1866, priest 1867 (both Lichfield); Curate, Berrington, Shropshire 1866-8, Hadnall, Shropshire 1868-88; Vicar of Hadnall, Shropshire 1888-1920; [unm. in 1881]; d. 15 Feb 1922.

MORSE, EDWARD, only son of Edward Morse, Vauxhall, Surrey; b.; at school under Nicoll and/or Markham; in a letter to William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (qv), dated 21 Apr 1783, he describes himself as having been a contemporary of the Duke’s at Westminster School (Portland MSS, Nottingham Univ., C 47/4/2); adm. Gray’s Inn 30 Mar 1759; [presumably called to bar]; Chief Justice of Senegambia in late 1770s and early 1780s (colony occupied by French 1779, greater part of it ceded to France Sep 1783); living in London 1783; d. in Jamaica 31 Jul 1794.

Morriss, Guy Rallison, son of Ernest Myddleton Morriss, of Putney, solicitor, by Edith Jessie, daughter of Frederick Bennett, of Yorkshire; b. Nov. 5, 1888; adm. Sept. 26, 1901 (R); left July 1906; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. A.S.C. Nov. 8, 1915, Lieut. July 1, 1917; acting Capt. Dec. 29, 1917; admitted a solicitor April 1914, and practised in London until his retirement in 1948; d. Dec. 1952.

Morriss, Douglas Myddleton, brother of Guy Rallison Morriss (q.v.); b. March 18, 1894; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 27, 1906 (R); K.S. 1907; left July 1912; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. The Royal Fusiliers Oct. 8, 1914; attached to 8th Batt. London Regt. (Post Office Rifles); acting Capt. May 25, 1917, while Brigade Bombing Officer; served in Great War II as a temporary civil servant.

MORRISON, WILLIAM, son of William (?) Morrison, London, vintner; b.; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1719/20; in under school list 1724; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. sizar 27 Sep 1727, aged 16, matr. 1727.

MORRISON, ROBERT; b.; adm. (aged 6) Jul 1749; in school list 1754. [Perhaps Clerk, Secretary of State’s Office c. 1757 – c. Oct 1765].

Morrison, Kenneth Rae, son of William Rae Morrison, of Hampton, Middlesex, by Lily Dawtry, of Petworth, Sussex; b. Dec. 16, 1896; adm. Jan. 18, 1912 (A); left Dec. 1912; enlisted in H.A.C. Aug. 1914; 2nd Lieut. Middlesex Regt. Dec. 18, 1914, 5th Batt. King's Royal Rifle Corps April 26, 1917; went out to the western front 1916; treacherously killed at Tower Hamlets, France, Sept. 21, 1917, by a German who had previously surrendered.

Morrison, John Knox, son of Herbert Needham Morrison CB, Under-Sec. Admiralty, and Kathleen Hill Witherow, d. of Rev. Hugh Walter Knox; b. 1 Oct. 1921; adm. Sept. 1934 (G); left July 1939; Queen's Univ. Belfast, MB 1945; Surgn-Lieut. RNVR 1945-8; MRCOG 1951, FRCOG 1965; consult. obstetrician and gynaecologist Westminster Hosp., St Stephen's Hosp. Chelsea and St Theresa's Hosp. Wimbledon; asst Dean Westminster Hosp. Med. Sch. 1974-81; retd 1981; m. 11 June 1955 Catherine Evelyn, d. of Frederick G. Russell of Iver, Bucks; d. 20 Apr. 1992.

MORRISON, GEORGE; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jul 1729; left 1734. [Perhaps George Morrisson, son of William Morrisson & Elizabeth ---, bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 25 Jan 1716 (IGI)].