Constituency Dates
Arundel [1689], [1690] – c.Jan. 1694
Family and Education
bap. 6 Jan. 1666, 2nd s. of Sir William Morley by his 2nd w. educ. St. John’s, Oxf. 1682. unm. 1Add. 5699, f. 154v.
Offices Held

Common councilman, Chichester 1685 – Oct. 1688; commr. for assessment, Suss. 1689–90.2A. Hay, Hist. Chichester, 589.

Address
Main residence: Halnaker, Boxgrove, Suss.
biography text

Morley, who had become his father’s heir in 1683, was returned as senior Member for Arundel, seven miles east of Halnaker, at the general election of 1689. According to Anthony Rowe he voted to agree with the Lords that the throne was not vacant; but he was named to no committees in the Convention and made no speeches. Re-elected in 1690, he died in his father’s lifetime, and was buried at Box-grove on 4 Jan. 1694.3Add. 5699, f. 154v.

Author
B.M.C.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Notes
  • 1. Add. 5699, f. 154v.
  • 2. A. Hay, Hist. Chichester, 589.
  • 3. Add. 5699, f. 154v.