Samuel Morley, 1st Baron Hollenden
Samuel Hope Morley, 1st Baron Hollenden DL JP (3 July 1845 – 18 February 1929), was a British businessman.[1]
The Lord Hollenden | |
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 Vanity Fair caricature by Spy, 17 August 1905. | |
| Governor of the Bank of England | |
| In office 1903–1905 | |
| Preceded by | Augustus Prevost |
| Succeeded by | Alexander Falconer Wallace |
| High Sheriff of the County of London | |
| In office 1893–1894 | |
| Preceded by | Bertram Currie |
| Succeeded by | Ferdinand Huth |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Samuel Hope Morley 3 July 1845 |
| Died | 18 February 1929 (aged 83) |
| Spouse |
Laura Marianne Birch
(m. 1884) |
| Relations | Arnold Morley (brother) |
| Children | Geoffrey Hope-Morley, 2nd Baron Hollenden Hon. Claude Hope-Morley |
| Parent(s) | Samuel Morley Rebekah Maria Hope |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Early life
Morley was the son of Samuel Morley and Rebekah Maria Hope, daughter of Samuel Hope of Liverpool.[1] The Liberal politician Arnold Morley was his younger brother. He completed a master's degree at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1872.[1]
His maternal grandfather was Samuel Hope of Liverpool and his paternal grandparents were Sarah (née Poulton) Morley and John Morley, a hosiery manufacturer.[2]
Career
He was a partner in the firm of I. and R. Morley, Wood street;[3][4] and served as Governor of the Bank of England from 1893 to 1895.[1] He lived in Grosvenor Square.[5] On 9 February 1912, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Hollenden, of Leigh in the County of Kent.[6][7]
He held the office of Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant of Kent and, later Justice of the Peace for the County of London.[8]
Personal life
On 6 March 1884, Morley married Laura Marianne Birch (d. 1945), a daughter of Reverend G. Royds Birch.[1] Together, they were the parents of two sons:[8]
- Geoffrey Hope-Morley, 2nd Baron Hollenden (1885–1977), who married three times.[9]
- Hon. Claude Hope-Morley (1887–1968), who married Lady Dorothy Mercer-Henderson, a daughter of the 7th Earl of Buckinghamshire, in 1911.[8]
He died in February 1929, aged 83, and was succeeded in the barony by his son Geoffrey. Lady Hollenden died in 1945. As the second baron had no male heirs, the subsequent barons were all descended from Lord Hollenden's second son Claude.[1]
Arms
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References
- (Hesilrige 1921, p. 481)
- Parry, Jonathan. "Morley, Samuel". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/19291. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- Cassis, Youssef; Cassis, Professor of Economic History Youssef (15 September 1994). City Bankers, 1890-1914. Cambridge University Press. pp. 87, 100, 198–200. ISBN 978-0-521-44188-9. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
- Malchow, Howard LeRoy (17 January 2018). Agitators and Promoters in the Age of Gladstone and Disraeli: A Biographical Dictionary of the Leaders of British Pressure Groups Founded Between 1865 and 1886. Routledge. p. 252. ISBN 978-1-351-05737-0. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
- "Grosvenor Square: Individual Houses built before 1926 Pages 117-166 Survey of London: Volume 40, the Grosvenor Estate in Mayfair, Part 2 (The Buildings)". British History Online. LCC 1980. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
- "No. 28579". The London Gazette. 9 February 1912. p. 972.
- Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. 160A, Fleet street, London, UK: Dean & Son. p. 481.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 2, page 1944.
- "Geoffrey Hope Hope-Morley, 2nd Baron Hollenden". www.npg.org.uk. National Portrait Gallery, London. Retrieved 1 February 2022.