Earl of Morley
| Earldom of Morley | |
|---|---|
Mark Parker, 7th Earl of Morley | |
| Heir presumptive | Edward Parker |
| Remainder to | The 1st Earl's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten |
| Subsidiary titles | Viscount Boringdon Baron Boringdon |
| Status | Extant |
| Seat(s) | Pound House |
| Former seat(s) | Saltram House |
| Motto | FIDELI CERTA MERCES ("Reward is sure to the faithful")[1] |
Earl of Morley, of Morley in the County of Devon, is a title in the
Appellation of Morley
There existed between 1299 and 1697 an ancient
Baron Boringdon
The title of Baron Boringdon, of
Lord Morley was succeeded by his only son, the second Earl. He held minor office in the first
The family seat was
Barons Boringdon (1784)
- John Parker, 1st Baron Boringdon (died 1788)
- John Parker, 2nd Baron Boringdon (1772–1840) (created Earl of Morley in 1815)
Earls of Morley (1815)
- John Parker, 1st Earl of Morley (1772–1840)
- Edmund Parker, 2nd Earl of Morley (1810–1864)
- Albert Edmund Parker, 3rd Earl of Morley (1843–1905)
- Edmund Robert Parker, 4th Earl of Morley (1877–1951)
- Montagu Brownlow Parker, 5th Earl of Morley (1878–1962)
- John St Aubyn Parker, 6th Earl of Morley (1923–2015)
- Mark Lionel Parker, 7th Earl of Morley (b. 1956)
Present peer
Mark Lionel Parker, 7th Earl of Morley (born 22 August 1956) is the only son of the 6th Earl and his wife Johanna Katherine Molesworth-St. Aubyn, a daughter of Sir John Molesworth-St Aubyn, 14th Baronet. Styled formally as Viscount Boringdon between 1962 and 2015, he was educated at Eton College and was commissioned into the Royal Green Jackets, rising to the rank of Captain. In 2003, his address was Pound House, Yelverton, Devon.[9]
On 20 September 2015 he succeeded as Earl of Morley, Viscount Boringdon, and Baron Boringdon of Boringdon.[9]
On 12 November 1983, as Boringdon, he married Carolyn Jill McVicar, a daughter of Donald McVicar, and they have three daughters:[9]
- Lady Alexandra Louise Parker (1985)
- Lady Olivia Clare Parker (1987)
- Lady Helena Georgia Parker (1991)
The heir presumptive is the present peer's first cousin, Edward Geoffrey Parker (born 1967), only son of Nigel Geoffrey Parker, younger brother of the 6th Earl, whose heir apparent is his son Oliver James Parker (born 1996).[9]
Notes
- ^ ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
- ^ "No. 17066". The London Gazette. 30 September 1815. p. 1997.
- ^ "No. 17072". The London Gazette. 21 October 1815. p. 2123.
- ^ 1810 Additions to Tristram Risdon's "Survey of Devon", p.386: "The manor of Morley did belong to John Shapleigh, Esq., who sold it to John Seale, of Mount Boon, Esq., from whom it was purchased by Lord Boringdon, the present proprietor"
- ^ e.g. Wiffen, the librarian at Woburn of the Duke of Bedford, who produced a pedigree of the Russells containing a fabricated link to the mediaeval Russell family of Kingston Russell
- ^ Scott-Thomson, Gladys, F.R.H.S. Two Centuries of Family History, London, 1930. (A study of the Bedford Russell early pedigree). Several similar mis-appropriations of lineages of ancient families are given in this work.
- ^ Burke's General Armory, 1884
- ^ "No. 12541". The London Gazette. 11 May 1784. p. 1.
- ^ a b c d Burke's Peerage, volume 2 (2003), p. 2776
Bibliography
- Cokayne, George E; Gibbs, Vicary; Doubleday, Harry A. (1953). The Complete Peerage of the Peerage and Baronetage in Great Britain and Ireland including abeyant, dormant and extinct titles. Vol. XIV volumes. St Catherine's Press.
- Kidd, Charles; Williamson, David (1990). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. New York: St Martin's Press.
