Samuel Morley, 1st Baron Hollenden
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Samuel Hope Morley, 1st Baron Hollenden (3 July 1845 – 18 February 1929), was a British businessman.
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Background
Morley was the son of Samuel Morley and Rebekah Maria Hope, daughter of Samuel Hope of Liverpool. The Liberal politician Arnold Morley was his younger brother.
Career
He was a partner in the firm of I. and R. Morley and served as Governor of the Bank of England from 1903 to 1905. On 9 February 1912 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Hollenden, of Leigh in the County of Kent.[1]
Family
Lord Hollenden married Laura Marianne, daughter of Reverend G. Royds Birch, in 1884. He died in February 1929, aged 83, and was succeeded in the barony by his son Geoffrey. Lady Hollenden died in 1945.
Notes
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28579. p. 972. 9 February 1912.
References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,[page needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source][better source needed]
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Preceded by | Governor of the Bank of England 1903 - 1905 |
Succeeded by Alexander Falconer Wallace |
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Preceded by | High Sheriff of the County of London 1893–1894 |
Succeeded by Ferdinand Huth |
Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
Preceded by
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Baron Hollenden 1912–1929 |
Succeeded by Geoffrey Hope-Morley |
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