Alfred Morrison

Mrs Alfred Morrison
File:Morrison, Alfred.jpg
Born	1847
Died	1933
Residence	16 Carlton House Terrace, W
Society Membership membership Ordinary Fellow elected_AI 1875.04.27

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House Notes

proposed 1875.04.13
one of second batch of women to be elected

Notes From Elsewhere

Alfred Morrison (1821–1897) was an English collector, known for his interest in works of art, autographs and manuscripts.
Morrrison married, in 1860, Mabel, daughter of the Rev. R. S. C. Chermside, rector of Wilton, Wiltshire. His wife survived him with two sons, Hugh and James Archibald who were both Members of Parliament, and two daughters
Book about her: Four Victorian ladies of Wiltshire, with an essay on Those leisured ladies by Edith Olivier
Mabel Chermside was the daughter of Reverend R. S. C. Chermside.2 She married Alfred Morrison, son of James Morrison and Mary Anne Todd, on 12 April 1866.1 She died on 1 March 1933.1
From 12 April 1866, her married name became Morrison.
Children of Mabel Chermside and Alfred Morrison
· · Dorothy Morrison· 2 d. 20 Sep 1936
· · Katharine Morrison· 2 d. 9 Jun 1949
· · Hugh Morrison+· 2 b. 8 Jun 1868, d. 14 Mar 1931
· · Lt.-Col. James Archibald Morrison+· 2 b. 1873, d. 27 Oct 1934

Mrs. Alfred Morrison, who ke bees in Carlton House Terrace, gave her friends simultaneou presents of eighteenth century furniture and darned flannel under sleeves, and scattered uncut topazes about her drawing-room tables