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Edmund Morris (other)
Edmund Morris may refer to: *Edmund Morris (MP for Leominster) (fl. 1410) * Edmund Morris (writer) (1940–2019), biographer of US presidents Reagan and Theodore Roosevelt *Edmund Morris (MP for Leicestershire) (c. 1686–1759), English politician * Edmund L. Morris (1923–2003), Canadian Member of Parliament for Halifax riding *Edmund Finucane Morris (1792–1871), British Army officer *Edmund Montague Morris Edmund Montague Morris, known as Edmund Morris (1871-1913), was a Canadian painter and pastelist who recorded the First Nations in paint and photographs and collected their artifacts (today in the collection of the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto ...
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Edmund Morris (MP For Leominster)
Edmund Morris (fl. 1410), of Kingsland, Herefordshire, was an English politician. His son, John Morris, was also an MP. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Leominster Leominster ( ) is a market town in Herefordshire, England, at the confluence of the River Lugg and its tributary the River Kenwater. The town is north of Hereford and south of Ludlow in Shropshire. With a population of 11,700, Leominster is t ... in 1410. References 14th-century births 15th-century deaths English MPs 1410 Politicians from Herefordshire {{15thC-England-MP-stub ...
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Edmund Morris (writer)
Arthur Edmund Morris (May 27, 1940 – May 24, 2019) was an American-South African writer, known for his biographies of U.S. Presidents. His 1979 book ''The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt'' won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography and was the first of a trilogy of books on Roosevelt. However, Morris sparked controversy with his 1999 book, '' Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan'', due to its extensive use of fictional elements. Early life Morris was born in Nairobi, Kenya, the son of South African parents May (Dowling) and Eric Edmund Morris, an airline pilot. He received his early, British-influenced education in Kenya and then studied music, art, and literature at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa. Dropping out of college in 1961, he worked in the retail advertising department of a menswear store in Durban. Most of the brochures and advertisements he designed and wrote were for the Zulu market, and he later claimed that this early training in "making words mo ...
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Edmund Morris (MP For Leicestershire)
Edmund Morris (''c.'' 1686 – July 1759), of Loddington, Leicestershire, was an English landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1722 to 1727. Morris was the eldest son of Charles Morris of Loddington, Leicestershire and his wife Susanna Bacon, daughter of Sir Edmund Bacon, 4th Baronet MP, of Redgrave, Suffolk. He was educated at Rugby School and matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford on 14 December 1702, aged 16. In 1703 he was admitted at Middle Temple. In 1710, he succeeded his father to Loddington. He married Anne Campbell, the daughter of Sir Alexander Campbell, MP of Calder, Nairn, Scotland on 2 August 1720. At the 1722 British general election, Morris was returned unopposed as Tory Member of Parliament for Leicestershire. He did not stand in 1727. He was appointed High Sheriff of Leicestershire This is a list of Sheriffs and High Sheriffs of Leicestershire, United Kingdom. The Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Form ...
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Edmund L
Edmund is a masculine given name or surname in the English language. The name is derived from the Old English elements ''ēad'', meaning "prosperity" or "riches", and ''mund'', meaning "protector". Persons named Edmund include: People Kings and nobles *Edmund the Martyr (died 869 or 870), king of East Anglia *Edmund I (922–946), King of England from 939 to 946 *Edmund Ironside (989–1016), also known as Edmund II, King of England in 1016 *Edmund of Scotland (after 1070 – after 1097) *Edmund Crouchback (1245–1296), son of King Henry III of England and claimant to the Sicilian throne *Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall (1249–1300), earl of Cornwall; English nobleman of royal descent *Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York (1341–1402), son of King Edward III of England * Edmund Tudor, earl of Richmond (1430–1456), English and Welsh nobleman *Edmund, Prince of Schwarzenberg (1803–1873), the last created Austrian field marshal of the 19th century In religion * Saint Edmund (dis ...
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Edmund Finucane Morris
General Sir Edmund Finucane Morris, (26 April 1792 – 4 December 1871) was a senior officer in the British Army. He was born in Jamaica, the 11th child of Samuel Morris, and joined the army as an ensign in 1810. He served with the 49th Foot during the Anglo-American War of 1812 where he was present at the actions of Fort George, Stoney Creek and Plattsburg. He rose to Lieutenant in 1813, Captain in 1825, Major in 1833 and Lieutenant-Colonel in 1836. With the regiment in China during the First Opium War in 1841-2 he commanded a brigade at the successful storming of the Canton Heights and was made CB. He commanded a brigade at the Battle of Amoy and the second capture of Chusan, and was in charge of the central column at the capture of the Heights of Chinhai. As Commander of the British force at Ningpo he led the repulsing of the Chinese attempt to regain the city in 1842. He was also in command of brigades at the capture of Chinese positions on the Heights of Segoan, ...
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