George Herbert Morrell MA, MP, JP, DL (1845,

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– 30 September 1906,

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) was an English politician and lawyer. George Herbert Morrell was the son of the Rev. G. K. Morrell, fellow of

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.'Mr G. H. Morrell', ''The Times'', 2 October 1906 He was educated at

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and

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, where he took honours in natural science as well as a B.C.L. in 1870. Morrell became a demonstrator in physiology at the Oxford university museum under

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. In 1874 he married his third cousin, Emilia Alicia Morrell (1854–1938), granddaughter of one of the founder of

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and the richest heiress in Oxfordshire.Brigid Allen
‘Morrell family (per. c.1790–1965)’
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'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2005 , accessed 13 Jan 2009 He was the

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for

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, from 1891 to 1892 and again from 1895 till 1906.

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* 1845 births 1906 deaths People from Oxfordshire People educated at Rugby School Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1886–1892 UK MPs 1895–1900 UK MPs 1900–1906 English justices of the peace Deputy Lieutenants {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1840s-stub