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George Herbert Morrell

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Morrell in 1895.

George Herbert Morrell MA, MP, JP, DL (1845, Adderbury – 30 September 1906, Bad Nauheim) was an English politician and lawyer.

George Herbert Morrell was the son of the Rev. G. K. Morrell, fellow of St John's College, Oxford.[1] He was educated at Rugby School and Exeter College, Oxford, where he took honours in natural science as well as a B.C.L. in 1870.[2] Morrell became a demonstrator in physiology at the Oxford university museum under George Rolleston.[1] In 1874 he married his third cousin, Emilia Alicia Morrell (1854–1938), granddaughter of one of the founder of Morrells Brewery and the richest heiress in Oxfordshire.[3] He was the Conservative Member of Parliament for Woodstock, from 1891 to 1892 and again from 1895 till 1906.

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  1. ^ a b 'Mr G. H. Morrell', The Times, 2 October 1906
  2. ^ The Times, 11 February 1870, p. 3
  3. ^ Brigid Allen, ‘Morrell family (per. c.1790–1965)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2005, accessed 13 Jan 2009
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