Edmund Morris (''c.'' 1686 – July 1759), of

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, was an

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landowner and Tory politician who sat in the

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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

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and matriculated at

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on 14 December 1702, aged 16. In 1703 he was admitted at

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. 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

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, Morris was returned unopposed as Tory

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for

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. He did not stand in 1727. He was appointed

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for the year 1746 to 1747. Morris was buried at Loddington on 30 July 1759, leaving one son and four daughters.

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1686 births 1759 deaths People from Loddington, Leicestershire People educated at Rugby School Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford Members of the Middle Temple Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Leicestershire British MPs 1722–1727 High Sheriffs of Leicestershire {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub