Earl of Morley

Earl of Morley, in the County of Devon, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1815 for the politician John Parker, 2nd Baron Boringdon. He was made Viscount Boringdon, of North Molton in the County of Devon, at the same time, which title is used as a courtesy title by the heir apparent to the earldom. The title of Baron Boringdon, of Boringdon in the County of Devon, was created in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1784 for his father John Parker, who had previously represented Bodmin and Devon in the House of Commons.

Lord Morley was succeeded by his only son, the second Earl. He held minor office in the first Whig administration of Lord John Russell. His son, the third Earl, was a Liberal politician and notably served under William Gladstone as Under-Secretary of State for War and as First Commissioner of Works. As of 2007 the titles are held by his grandson, the sixth Earl, who succeeded his uncle in 1962 (who in his turn had succeeded his elder brother in 1951). He is the eldest son of the Hon. John Holford Parker, third and youngest son of the third Earl. Lord Morley served as Lord Lieutenant of Devon from 1982 to 1998.

The family seat was Saltram House in Plymouth, until it was sold to the National Trust in 1957. Their seat is now Pound House, near Yelverton, Devon.

Barons Boringdon (1784)

*John Parker, 1st Baron Boringdon (d. 1788)
*John Parker, 2nd Baron Boringdon (1772-1840) (created Earl of Morley in 1815)

Earls of Morley (1815)

*John Parker, 1st Earl of Morley (1772-1840)
*Edmund Parker, 2nd Earl of Morley (1810-1864)
*Albert Edmund Parker, 3rd Earl of Morley (1843-1905)
*Edmund Robert Parker, 4th Earl of Morley (1877-1951)
*Montagu Brownlow Parker, 5th Earl of Morley (1878-1962)
*John St Aubyn Parker, 6th Earl of Morley (b. 1923)

The Heir Apparent is the present holder's only son Mark Lionel Parker, Viscount Boringdon (b. 22 August 1956)

The Heir Apparent's Heir Presumptive is his uncle Hon. Nigel Parker

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). "Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage" (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
* [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page]
* [http://www.thepeerage.com/ www.thepeerage.com]
* [http://website.lineone.net/~david.beamish/index.htm David Beamish's Peerage Page]