Albert Parker, 3rd Earl of Morley
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Albert Edmund Parker, 3rd Earl of Morley PC (11 June 1843-26 February 1905), known as Viscount Boringdon from 1843 to 1864, was a British peer and Liberal politician.
Morley was the son of Edmund Parker, 2nd Earl of Morley, and Harriet Sophia Parker. He succeeded his father as third Earl of Morley in 1864 and took his seat on the Liberal benches in the House of Lords. He served under William Gladstone as a Lord-in-Waiting from 1868 to 1874 and as Under-Secretary of State for War from 1880 to 1885. In 1886 he was admitted to the Privy Council and appointed First Commissioner of Works, a position he held until the government fell later the same year. From 1889 to 1905 he was Chairman of committees and a Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords.
He served as President of the first day of the 1886 Co-operative Congress.[1]
Lord Morley married Margaret Holford, eldest daughter of Robert Stayner Holford, in 1876. He died in February 1905, aged 61, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son Edmund (b. 1877). Lady Morley died in 1908.
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by The Lord Skelmersdale |
Lord-in-Waiting 1868–1874 |
Succeeded by The Viscount Hawarden |
| Preceded by Viscount Bury |
Under-Secretary of State for War 1880–1885 |
Succeeded by Viscount Bury |
| Preceded by David Robert Plunket |
First Commissioner of Works 1886 |
Succeeded by The Earl of Elgin |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by Edmund Morley |
Earl of Morley 1864–1905 |
Succeeded by Edmund Robert Parker |
[edit] References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- www.thepeerage.com
