Edward Rowley Morris
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| Born | 1828 | ||||||||
| Died | 1893 | ||||||||
| Residence |
Gungrog cottage Welshpool [1870] Homestay, Newtown, Wales [1875] | ||||||||
| Occupation |
antiquarian business | ||||||||
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MORRIS , EDWARD ROWLEY ( 1828 - 1893 ), antiquary ;
b. 22 April 1828 at New Hall , Kerry, Mont. , son of Edward Rowley Morris . He was educated with a view to holy orders, but in 1851 he went to America . Returning, he joined his father's wool business at Newtown , but later was a coal and lime merchant at Welshpool , becoming prominent in the public life of that town. But his interests became increasingly antiquarian , and in 1881 he removed to London to be within reach of the record-collections. He d. in London , 24 July 1893 , but was buried at Newtown . He was one of the earliest members of the ‘ Powysland Club ,’ and contributed many important articles to Mont. Coll. , Bye-Gones , and similar journals. In the opinion of his fellow- antiquary Richard Williams ( 1835 - 1906 , q.v.) , his knowledge of Montgomeryshire history was ‘ perfectly unique .’
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(The) family of Blayney;: Notes relating to the Blayney family of ontgomeryshire and Ireland, and to the estates... by Edward Rowley-Morris (1888)
A History of the Parish of Kerry by Edward Rowley Morris (1870)
Early Montgomeryshire Wills at Somerset House, etc. Extracted by H. L. Squires and E. Rowley Morris. Annotated... by H. L. Squires, William Valentine Lloyd and Edward Rowley Morris (1887)
