Nicholas Morse

Nicholas Morse (died 28 May 1772) the great-grandson of the British statesman and revolutionary Oliver Cromwell and served as the last President of Madras before the Battle of Madras and the French occupation of Fort St George and its surroundings in 1746.

Morse's presidency was short and was characterised by hostilities between the British and the French. This hostilities culminated in 1746 by the occupation of Madras by the French under Bertrand François Mahé de La Bourdonnais ending Morse's short tenure.

Morse's daughter Emilia was married to Henry Vansittart, Governor of Bengal from 1759 to 1764. Nicholas Morse is buried in St Mary's Church in Madras.^[1]

A website on slave trade has named Nicholas Morse along with another Governor of Fort St George William Gyfford as a prominent slave-trader.^[2]

See also[]

• List of colonial Governors and Presidents of Madras Presidency

References[]

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External links[]

• Lundy, Darryl (13 October 2004). "Nicholas Morse". The Peerage. Retrieved 23 March 2007.
• Kalyanasundaram, K. (6 October 2006). "History, Geographical and Physical Features of Chennai City, Capital of Tamilnadu". Retrieved 23 March 2007.
• Lally, Sue, ed. (28 December 2003). "Cemetery Index for St Mary's Fort St George, Madras City, India (index was transcribed from LDS film number 0795967)". Retrieved 23 March 2007.
• Byrnes, Dan (30 January 2010). "Questions of slavery". The Blackheath Connection.