Arthur Morrell (politician)
Arthur Morrell may refer to: * Arthur Fleming Morrell (1788–1880), British naval officer, explorer, and colonial administrator of Ascension Island * Arthur R. H. Morrell Captain Sir Arthur Routley Hutson Morrell KBE (1878–1968) was a British mariner and member of the Corporation of Trinity House, a non-departmental public body of the United Kingdom responsible for maritime safety. Biography Born in Octobe ...

Arthur Fleming Morrell
Arthur Fleming Morrell (10 November 1788 – 13 September 1880) was British officer of the Royal Navy, an explorer, and Commandant of Ascension Island, who saw service spanning the end of the Napoleonic era and well into the Victorian era. Early life Arthur Morrell was born in 1788 in Stoke Damerel, Devon, the second son of a Royal Navy lieutenant, John Morrell. His father had been an able seaman, rising to the warrant officer's rank of gunner by the time his sons entered the Royal Navy. Career Royal Navy Morrell's brother was John Arthur Morrell, who became a commander and served aboard during an 1806 attack on Naples, then held by Napoleon's brother, Joseph Bonaparte. Morrell joined the Royal Navy at the age of about twelve or thirteen as a first class volunteer. He served first on , a 38-gun fifth rate ship in the Channel fleet that took several French ships as prizes during the years Morrell served on her. He then moved to the Caribbean on board , and was ...
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