Edmund Henry Parker, 2nd Earl of Morley (10 June 181028 August 1864), styled Viscount Boringdon from 1817 to 1840, was a British peer and Whig politician.

Early life

Morley was the son of

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and his second wife Frances Talbot, and was educated at

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Career

In 1840 Morley succeeded his father as second Earl of Morley and took his seat on the Whig benches in the

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. He was appointed

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of the

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on 8 January 1845 and held the post until it was abolished in 1852. H.G. Hart, ''The New Annual Army List'' (various dates from 1840). From 1846 to 1852 he served as a

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(government whip in the House of Lords) in the Whig administration of

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. Morley was also a Deputy Lieutenant of

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and a

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to Prince Albert.

Personal life

Lord Morley married his second cousin Harriet Sophia, daughter of Montagu Edmund Parker, in 1842 and widow of William Coryton Esq. (d. 1836).

Death

Morley died in August 1864, aged 54, and was succeeded in his titles by his son

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, who became a prominent

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politician. Dowager Morley died in 1897.

Notes

References

* *Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, *
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