Samuel Morley, 1st Baron Hollenden

Vanity Fair caricature by Spy (Leslie Ward), 17 August 1905.

Samuel Hope Morley, 1st Baron Hollenden (3 July 1845 – 18 February 1929), was a British businessman. ^[1]

Background[]

Morley was the son of Samuel Morley and Rebekah Maria Hope, daughter of Samuel Hope of Liverpool.^[1] The Liberal politician Arnold Morley was his younger brother. He completed a master's degree at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1872.^[1]

Career[]

He was a partner in the firm of I. and R. Morley, Wood street; and served as Governor of the Bank of England from 1893 to 1895.^[1] On 9 February 1912, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Hollenden, of Leigh in the County of Kent.^[2]

Family[]

Lord Hollenden married Laura Marianne Birch, daughter of Reverend G. Royds Birch, in 1884.^[1] He died in February 1929, aged 83, and was succeeded in the barony by his son Geoffrey. Lady Hollenden died in 1945.^[3]

Arms[]

Coat of arms of Samuel Morley, 1st Baron Hollenden

Crest A demigriffin argent, wings elevated ermine, holding between the claws a leopard’s face jessant de lis as in the arms. Escutcheon Argent, a leopard’s face jessantde lis sable between three griffins' heads erased gules. Supporters On either side a stag proper, chained around the neck and suspended therefrom an anchor or. Motto Latin: (Tenax Proposit), Tenacious of purpose.[1]

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Work cited[]

• Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. 160A, Fleet street, London, UK: Dean & Son. p. 481.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages ^{[self-published source][better source needed]}