Constituency Dates
Newport 11 Dec. 1722 – 1727
Family and Education
b. aft. 1661, o.s. of John Morice, M.P., Turkey merchant, gov. R. African Company (a yr. bro. of Sir William Morice, 1st Bt., M.P.), by Mary,1Lic. 16 Feb. 1661, Faculty Office Marriage Lic. (Brit. Rec. Soc. xxxiii), 13. da. of Robert Lowther, alderman of London. m. Ann, da. of Sir Jeffrey Jeffreys, alderman of London, 1s. 2da. suc. fa. 1705.
Address
Main residences: Walthamstow; Newmanhall, Quendon, Essex.
biography text

John Morice was returned by his cousin, Sir Nicholas Morice, because, unlike Humphry Morice, who sat for Newport in the previous Parliament, he held Tory principles.2Sir Nich. Morice to Humphry Morice, 16 Mar. 1722, Morice mss in Bank of England. He died 13 Feb. 1735.

Author
E.C.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Notes
  • 1. Lic. 16 Feb. 1661, Faculty Office Marriage Lic. (Brit. Rec. Soc. xxxiii), 13.
  • 2. Sir Nich. Morice to Humphry Morice, 16 Mar. 1722, Morice mss in Bank of England.