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MORLEY, BARONS AND EARLS OF

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MORLEY, BARONS AND EARLS OF .—In 1299 See also:William de Morley of Morley in See also:Norfolk was summoned to See also:parliament as a See also:baron, and his son See also:Robert (d. 136o) was a celebrated See also:warrior, being largely responsible for the See also:English victory at See also:Sluys and fighting at See also:Crecy. His descendant Robert, the 6th baron (d. 1443), had no sons, but he See also:left a daughter Alianore, who married William Lovel (d. 1476), and Lovel was summoned to parliament as See also:Lord Morley, ranking as the 7th holder of the See also:title. He left a son See also:Henry, who was killed in 1489, and Henry's See also:heir was his See also:sister Alice, the wife of See also:Sir William See also:Parker (d. 1510), hereditary See also:marshal of See also:Ireland. Their son Henry Parker (1476-1556) became the loth baron, as he was summoned to the See also:House of Lords as Lord Morley in 1523. He was a See also:man of See also:literary attainments and translated some of the writings of See also:Plutarch, See also:Boccaccio, See also:Petrarch, See also:Seneca, See also:Cicero and others into English. Most of these are only found in See also:manuscript, but his Tryumphes of Fraunces Petrarcke was published a second See also:time in 1887. His eldest son Henry (d. 1553) died during his See also:father's lifetime, leaving a son Henry (d.

1577) who became 1th Baron Morley on his See also:

grand-father's See also:death. His son See also:Edward (d. 1618), one of the See also:judges of See also:Mary See also:Queen of Scots, succeeded to the See also:barony; and Edward's son and successor was William Parker, 4th Lord See also:Monteagle (q.v.). The barony of Morley remained See also:united with that of Monteagle until the death of William's See also:grandson See also:Thomas about 1686, when it See also:fell into See also:abeyance. See also:John Parker, 1st See also:earl of Morley (1772-1840), only son of John Parker (1735-1788), who was created Baron Boringdon in 1784, but was no relation of the previous barons Morley, was a prominent supporter of See also:Pitt and of See also:Canning. In 1815 he was created earl of Morley. He was a public benefactor to See also:Plymouth and its neighbourhood. He was succeeded by his son See also:Edmund Henry Parker (1810-1864), whose son, See also:Albert Edmund, the 3rd earl (1843-1905), was chairman of committees in the House of Lords from 1889 to 1905, after having been under-secretary for See also:war and first See also:commissioner of See also:works. In 1905 his son, Edmund Robert (b. 1877), became 4th earl.

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