Albert Parker, 3rd Earl of Morley

The Earl of Morley
The Right Honourable; The Earl of Morley; PC DL JP
Under-Secretary of State for War
	In office; 1 May 1880 – 9 June 1885
Monarch	Queen Victoria
Prime Minister	William Ewart Gladstone
Preceded by	Viscount Bury
Succeeded by	Viscount Bury
First Commissioner of Works
	In office; 17 February 1886 – 16 April 1886
Monarch	Queen Victoria
Prime Minister	William Ewart Gladstone
Preceded by	Hon. David Plunket
Succeeded by	The Earl of Elgin
Personal details
Born	11 June 1843
Died	26 February 1905 (aged 61)
Nationality	British
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	Margaret Holford (d. 1908)
Alma mater	Balliol College, Oxford

Albert Edmund Parker, 3rd Earl of Morley PC, DL, JP (11 June 1843 – 26 February 1905), styled Viscount Boringdon until 1864, was a British peer[1] and Liberal, later Liberal Unionist politician.

Background and education

Morley was the son of Edmund Parker, 2nd Earl of Morley, and Harriet Sophia (née Parker).[2] He was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford.[3][4]

Political career

Morley succeeded his father as third Earl of Morley in 1864 and took his seat on the Liberal benches in the House of Lords. He served under William Ewart Gladstone as a Lord-in-waiting from 1868 to 1874 and as Under-Secretary of State for War from 1880 to 1885.[5] In February 1886 he was admitted to the Privy Council and appointed First Commissioner of Works,[6] a position he only held until April of the same year. He broke with Gladstone over Irish Home Rule and joined the Liberal Unionists.[4] From 1889 to 1905 Morley was Chairman of committees and a Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords.[3]

Apart from his career in national politics Morley was Chairman of Devon County Council and a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant for Devon.[3] He also served as President of the first day of the 1886 Co-operative Congress.[7]

Marriage and children

Lord Morley married Margaret Holford, eldest daughter of Robert Stayner Holford, in 1876. They had three sons and a daughter:[8]

Edmund Robert Parker, 4th Earl of Morley (born 19 April 1877, died 10 October 1951)
Captain Montagu Brownlow Parker, 5th Earl of Morley (born 13 October 1878, died 28 April 1962)
Lady Mary Theresa Parker (born 13 December 1881, died 2 November 1932)
Hon John Holford Parker (born 22 June 1886, died 27 February 1955), father of John St Aubyn Parker, 6th Earl of Morley

Lord Morley died in February 1905, aged 61, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son, Edmund. Lady Morley died in 1908.[2]

References

"Morley, 3rd Earl of (cr. 1815), Albert Edmund Parker". Who's who biographies, 1901. pp. 809–810.
Lundy, Darryl. "Albert Edward Parker, 3rd Earl of Morley". The Peerage.
Moseley, Brian (18 March 2011). "The Earls of Morley". The Encyclopaedia of Plymouth History. Archived from the original on 17 April 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
The New York Times, 27 February 1905
Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
"No. 25560". The London Gazette. 19 February 1886. p. 796.
Congress Presidents 1869–2002 (PDF), February 2002, archived from the original (PDF) on 28 May 2008, retrieved 10 May 2008
The Peerage, entry for 3rd Earl of Morley

Political offices
Preceded by The Viscount Strathallan The Viscount Hawarden The Lord Bagot The Lord Crofton The Lord Skelmersdale The Lord Raglan The Earl of Haddington	Lord-in-waiting with The Marquess of Normanby 1868–1869 The Earl of Camperdown 1868–1870 The Lord Camoys 1868–1874 The Lord Suffield 1868–1872 The Lord Methuen 1868–1874 The Lord Lurgan 1869–1874 The Lord Wrottesley 1869–1874 The Marquess of Huntly 1870–1873 The Earl of Kenmare 1872–1874 The Earl of Breadalbane and Holland 1873–1874 1868–1874	Succeeded by The Earl of Dunmore The Earl of Roden The Viscount Hawarden The Lord Bagot The Lord de Ros The Lord Elphinstone The Lord Walsingham
Preceded by Viscount Bury	Under-Secretary of State for War 1880–1885	Succeeded by Viscount Bury
Preceded by Hon. David Plunket	First Commissioner of Works 1886	Succeeded by The Earl of Elgin
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Edmund Morley	Earl of Morley 1864–1905	Succeeded by Edmund Robert Parker

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[1] "Morley, 3rd Earl of (cr. 1815), Albert Edmund Parker". Who's who biographies, 1901. pp. 809–810.

[thepeerage.com-2] Lundy, Darryl. "Albert Edward Parker, 3rd Earl of Morley". The Peerage.

[plymouthdata-3] Moseley, Brian (18 March 2011). "The Earls of Morley". The Encyclopaedia of Plymouth History. Archived from the original on 17 April 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2015.

[newyorktimes-4] The New York Times, 27 February 1905

[5] Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,

[6] "No. 25560". The London Gazette. 19 February 1886. p. 796.

[PDF-7] Congress Presidents 1869–2002 (PDF), February 2002, archived from the original (PDF) on 28 May 2008, retrieved 10 May 2008

[8] The Peerage, entry for 3rd Earl of Morley