Dermot Morrah

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Dermot Michael Macgregor Morrah
Born(1896-04-26)April 26, 1896
DiedSeptember 30, 1974(1974-09-30) (aged 78)
OccupationJournalist
Alma mater
SubjectBritish Royal Family

Dermot Michael Macgregor Morrah (26 April 1896[1] – 30 September 1974) was a British journalist for The Times and an expert on the British royal family.

Education

Morrah was educated at

first-class degree. He became a Prize Fellow of All Souls College, and shared rooms with T. E. Lawrence. After dating his future wife under the eye of a nun who acted as a chaperone, his marriage forced him to end his Prize Fellowship, as they were required to be single.[3]

Career

Morrah was in the

Charles, Prince of Wales.[5] From 1945 to 1965, he was editor of The Round Table: A Quarterly Review of British Commonwealth Affairs.[7]

He was an expert on heraldry and genealogy and a good court historian.[3] His unpaid post of Arundel Herald Extraordinary was given to him on 27 April 1953.[8] He had a friendly relationship with Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.[5] In 1947, while Elizabeth II was still a princess, Morrah wrote a famous speech of hers given on her 21st birthday in southern Africa, which had been briefly lost in a bar.[3] He was later an aide at the coronation of Elizabeth II.[5]

He was a member of the College of Arms.[5]

Death

Morrah died on 30 September 1974, aged 78.[5]

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)
  2. ISBN 0522843255
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  3. ^ a b c d e Utley, Charles (June 2017). "My grandfather wrote the Princess's speech". The Oldie.
  4. ^
    S2CID 246060653
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  5. ^ a b c d e f "Dermot Morrah, Royalty Expert, Herald Extraordinary, 78, Dead". The New York Times. Associated Press. 2 October 1974.
  6. ^ Morrah, Dermot (1950). The Royal Family: The Illustrated Story of the Royal Family's Service to Britain and the Commonwealth. Odhams Press.
  7. ^ Alexander May, The Round Table, 1910-66, 1995, University of Oxford
  8. ^ "No. 39841". The London Gazette. 1 May 1953. p. 2419.
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