Scrope Bernard-Morland
Sir Scrope Bernard-Morland, 4th Baronet (1 October 1758 – 18 April 1830)[1] was a British politician and baronet.
Background[]
Born Scrope Bernard in Pestel Amberg in New Jersey, he was the sixth and youngest son of Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet and Amelia Offley, daughter of Stephen Offley.[2] In 1818, he succeeded his older brother Thomas as baronet.[3] Bernard-Morland was educated at Harrow School and Christ Church, Oxford.[2] He graduated as a Bachelor of Arts in 1779 and was promoted by seniority to Master of Arts two years later.[2] In 1788, he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Civil Laws (DCL).[4] One year later, Bernard-Morland became a member of the in London, and in 1795, he was promoted Judge of the .[4] In 1811, by Royal Licence, he assumed the surname of Bernard-Morland to inherit the estates of his father-in-law.[5]
Career[]
In 1782, Bernard-Morland was appointed Private Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, an office he held until 1787.[2] He was Secretary to the in 1785 and Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod in Ireland in 1787.[2] Between 1789 and 1792, he was Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department.[6] Bernard-Morland entered the British House of Commons for Aylesbury in 1789.[7] He represented the constituency first in the Parliament of Great Britain then in the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1806.[7] Subsequently, he sat as Member of Parliament for St Mawes until 1808 and again from 1809 to his death in 1830.[8]
Family[]
On 26 July 1785, he married Harriett Morland, only daughter of William Morland, at St George's, Hanover Square, in Westminster.[2] They had seven children, five sons and two daughters.[3] Bernard-Morland died at his home in Pall Mall, London, aged 71 and was buried in Great Kimble in Buckinghamshire,[4] where he owned an extensive estate.[9] He was succeeded in the baronetcy successively by his third son Francis[1] and then his fourth son Thomas.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b c d e f "ThePeerage - Sir Scrope Bernard-Morland, 4th Bt". Retrieved 29 March 2007.
- ^ a b Debrett, John (1824). Debrett's Baronetage of England. Vol. vol. I (5th ed.). London: G. Woodfall. pp. 501–502.
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has extra text (help) - ^ a b c Sylvanus, Urban (1830). The Gentleman's Magazine. London: John Harris. pp. 465–466.
- ^ "No. 16457". The London Gazette. 19 February 1811. p. 336.
- ^ Haydn, Joseph (1851). The Book of Dignities: Containing Rolls of the Official Personages of the British Empire. London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longman's. p. 175.
- ^ a b "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Aylesbury". Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, St Mawes". Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Victoria History of the County of Buckingham, vol.2 pp.302 & 304
External links[]
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir Scrope Bernard-Morland, 4th Baronet
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