Samuel Morley, 1st Baron Hollenden
Samuel Hope Morley, 1st Baron Hollenden (3 July 1845 – 18 February 1929), was a British businessman.
Background
Morley was the son of Samuel Morley and Rebekah Maria Hope, daughter of Samuel Hope of Liverpool. The Liberal politician Arnold Morley was his younger brother.
Career
He was a partner in the firm of I. and R. Morley and served as Deputy Governor of the Bank of England from 1901 to 1903 and as Governor from 1903 to 1905. On 9 February 1912, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Hollenden, of Leigh in the County of Kent.[1]
Family
Lord Hollenden married Laura Marianne Birch, daughter of Reverend G. Royds Birch, in 1884. He died in February 1929, aged 83, and was succeeded in the barony by his son Geoffrey. Lady Hollenden died in 1945.
Notes
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- ^ "No. 28579". The London Gazette. 9 February 1912. p. 972.
References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, [page needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source] [better source needed]
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- 1845 births
- 1929 deaths
- British bankers
- Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
- Deputy Governors of the Bank of England
- Governors of the Bank of England
- High Sheriffs of the County of London
- Progressive Party (London) politicians
- Members of London County Council
- Peers created by George V