David Richard Morier
David Richard Morier (1784–1877) was an English diplomat and author.
Life
The third son of
Morier was shortly transferred to
At the end of Canning's appointment, Morier accompanied him (July 1812) on his return to England. In 1813 he was attached to
Appointed consul-general for France in November 1814, Morier did not take up the post until September 1815, when his work on the treaties was completed. At the same time he was named a commissioner for the settlement of the claims of British subjects on the French government. The consul-generalship was abolished, and Morier retired on a pension 5 April 1832, but was almost immediately (5 June) appointed minister plenipotentiary to the
On 19 June 1847, at the age of 63, Morier retired from the diplomatic service. He died in London 13 July 1877 at the age of 93.[1]
Works
Morier published two pamphlets, What has Religion to do with Politics? (London, 1848), and The Basis of Morality (London, 1869). At the age of 73 he published a novel, Photo, the Suliote, a Tale of Modern Greece, London, 1857. Material for the story came from a Greek physician with whom Morier was spent a period of quarantine at Corfu.[1]
Some letters written by Morier at Tabriz were published in Stanley Lane-Poole's Life of Stratford Canning.[1]
Family
Morier married Anna Jones, daughter of Robert Burnett Jones.
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h Lee, Sidney, ed. (1894). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 39. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ "Summary of Individual Robert Burnett or Burnet Jones 1750–1817, Legacies of British Slave-ownership". Retrieved 8 April 2017.
- ^ "Summary of Individual Sheffield Neave, 11th Apr 1799 – 22nd Sep 1868, Legacies of British Slave-ownership". Retrieved 16 May 2017.
Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1894). "Morier, David Richard". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 39. London: Smith, Elder & Co.