Philip Edward Morrell (4 June 1870 – 5 January 1943) was a British

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politician.

Background

Morrell was the son of Frederic Morrell, a solicitor of Black Hall, Oxford, by his wife Harriette Anne, daughter of the President of

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and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, the Rev.

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DD. The Morrell family had made its fortune as brewers of beer, and Philip Morrell's grandfather was a trustee of the family brewery. He was educated at

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and

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, Oxford.

Political career

He was adopted as the Liberal candidate for Henley in September 1902, on the advice of

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, and was elected as such in the following election in

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. He served in that constituency to 1910 and in

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from 1910 to 1918. He was the only non-Conservative MP for Henley.

Personal life

Morrell married in

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on 8 February 1902 Lady Ottoline Cavendish-Bentinck, half-sister of the 6th Duke of Portland. Lady Ottoline became an influential society hostess. They shared what would now be known as an

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for the rest of their lives.Rolphe, Katie. ''Uncommon Arrangements: Seven Marriages'' Random House Digital, Inc.: New York, 2008 His extramarital affairs produced several children who were cared for by his wife, who also struggled to conceal evidence of his mental instability. With Alice Louisa Jones, who worked at ''

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'', Morrell had a son, Philip Hugh-Jones.King's College, Cambridge. (2011
''Annual Report 2011''.
Cambridge: King's College, Cambridge. pp. 151-154. The Morrells themselves had two children (twins): a son, Hugh, who died in infancy; and a daughter, Julian Morrell (1906–1983), whose first marriage was to

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and second marriage was to Igor Vinogradoff. Former wife of Sir Victor Goodman, and later wife of Igor Vinogradoff; daughter of Lady Ottoline Morrell. 411 Portraits

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Morrell Philip 1870 births 1943 deaths Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1906–1910 UK MPs 1910–1918 People educated at Eton College Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford British pacifists Politics of Burnley

Background

Political career

Personal life

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