Vexald at 09:53, 1 May 2026

2026-05-01T09:53:36Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 09:53, 1 May 2026
Line 6:		Line 6:
	<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">		<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
	<strong>Blazon</strong>		<strong>Blazon</strong>


	<div class="mw-collapsible-content"><span style="font-size:88%; line-height:1.3em;">		<div class="mw-collapsible-content"><span style="font-size:88%; line-height:1.3em;">

Vexald: 1 revision imported

2026-05-01T08:27:20Z

1 revision imported

← Older revision	Revision as of 08:27, 1 May 2026
(No difference)

vexald>Vexald at 10:29, 10 March 2026

2026-03-10T10:29:07Z

New page

<div class="rightbox250">
<div class="innerbox220">
<center>
[[File:Coat of arms of Morris baronets of Clasemont.png|180px]]<br/>
<small>''Arms of the Morris baronets''</small><br/></center>
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
<strong>Blazon</strong>

<div class="mw-collapsible-content"><span style="font-size:88%; line-height:1.3em;">
'''''Shield''''': Sable, on a saltire engrailed Ermine, a bezant charged with a cross couped Gules. in chief, an escutcheon of the badge of a baronet of the United Kingdom.

'''''Crest''''': A lion rampant Or charged on the shoulder with a cross couped Gules, within a chain in the form of an arch Or.

'''''Motto''''': ''Scuto Fidei'' (By the shield of faith).</span>

</div></div></div>
<center>
{|class="wikitable" width="80%"
|[[File:George Lockwood Morris.jpg|center|120px]]
|- style="text-align:center"
|''Sir George Lockwood Morris''
|}</center></div>
The Morrises of Clasemont were industrialists in Swansea during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Their connection to Swansea began in 1724 when '''Robert Morris''' (d.1768), a Shropshire entrepreneur, arrived to supervise the Llangyfelach Copper Works. He took over the works two years later when their owner, John Lane, was declared bankrupt.

Robert's son, {{wpl|Sir John Morris, 1st Baronet|'''John Morris'''}}, succeeded him in running the business. In 1768, he initiated the construction of the village of Morriston to house workers from his copper-smelting and coal-mining businesses. He was created a baronet in 1806.

The baronetcy survives today with the 12th baronet, Sir '''Sennen John Morris''' (b.1995). Among the baronets have been Sir {{wpl|George Lockwood Morris|'''George Lockwood Morris'''}} (29 January 1859 - 23 November 1947), who, as well as being an industrialist and iron founder, also played rugby for Swansea RFC and five times for Wales (his short international career took place between 1882 and 1884). He inherited the baronetcy from a distant cousin at the age of 88, just three months before his death.

Sir George's son, Sir {{wpl|Cedric Morris|'''Cedric Lockwood Morris'''}} (1889-1982), was a noted artists and plantsman. Although born in Sketty, Swansea, he spent most of his life elsewhere, mostly notably in East Anglia, where he established the East Anglian School of Painting and Drawing. Among his students was the painter Lucien Freud.

The first baronet had a younger sister, Margaret. She married French art collector and dealer Noel Desenfans and, along, with their friend Francis Bourgeois, they built up an art collection which became the basis of the Dulwich Picture Gallery.

==Heraldry==
An engrailed saltire appears in a number of different Morris coats of arms dating back at least to 1677, which suggests these families maybe related (there are also many Morris arms without the saltire).

<Gallery>
Escutcheon of Morris of Clasemont.png | <center> Morris of Clasemont
Escutcheon of Morris of Wingfield House, Bath, Somerset.png | <center> Morris of Wingfield House, Bath, Somerset
Escutcheon of Morris of Broadfield House nr Devizes.png | <center> Morris of Broadfield House, near Devizes, Somerset
Escutcheon of Morris (1).png | <center> Another Morris variant
Escutcheon of Capt Richard Morris (1677).png | <center> Capt Richard Morris (granted 1677)
</Gallery>

==Genealogy==
[''Sources list brothers before sisters and don't include most girls' birth years, so the order of children listed may not be accurate.'']

{{sc|Robert Morris}} (d.1768) married {{sc|Margaret Jenkins}} and had issue including:
*{{sc|Robert Morris}} (c.1743-c.1797), died unmarried.
*{{sc|Bridget Morris}}, married {{sc|Thomas Lockwood}}
*{{sc|Margaret Morris}} (1731 or 1737-1814), married (1776) {{sc|Noel Desenfans}}
*{{sc|Jane Morris}}, married {{sc|Edward King}} of Marino, Swansea
*Sir {{sc|John Morris}}, 1st Bt (1745-1819), married (1774) {{sc|Henrietta Musgrave}}, Issue:
**Sir {{sc|John Morris}}, 2nd Bt (1775-1855), married (1809) Hon. {{sc|Lucy Juliana Byng}} (d.1881), Issue:
***{{sc|Henrietta Juliana Morris}} (d.1871), married (1838) {{sc|Albert Lascelles Jenner}}
***Sir {{sc|John Armine Morris}}, 3rd Bt (1813-1893), married (1847) {{sc|Catherine MacDonald}} (d.1890), Issue:
****Sir {{sc|Robert Armine Morris}}, 4th Bt (1848-1927), married (1885) {{sc|Lucy Augusta Cory}} (d.1902), and had issue:
*****Sir {{sc|Tankerville Robert Armine Morris}}, 5th Bt (1892-1937)
*****{{sc|John Torrington Morris}} (1896- )
*****{{sc|Lucy Gwladys Morris}}
*****{{sc|Valerie Ermyntrude Morris}}
*****{{sc|Dulcie Elaine Morris}}
*****{{sc|Sybil Rowena Morris}}
****{{Sc|John Morris}} (1850- ), married (1881) {{sc|Jessie Fowler}}, and had issue:
*****Rev. {{sc|John Armine Robert Morris}} (1882-1908)
*****{{sc|Jessie Harriett Amy Blanche Morris}}
*****{{sc|Beryl Violet Morris}}
****Sir {{sc|George Cecil Morris}}, 5th Bt (1852-1940), married (1873) {{sc|mary Jane Hunt}}, and had issue:
*****{{sc|Armine Cecil Edward George Morris}} (1885-1934), married (1911) {{sc|Adelaide Nangle}}, and had issue:
******{{sc|Nancy Gwynne Morris}} (1915- ), married {{sc|Leonard Clement McAlry}}
******{{sc|Gwladys}} (1890- )
****{{sc|Arthur Ronald Morris}} (1855- )
****{{sc|Herbert Morris}} (1858-1931), married (1880) {{sc|Margery Rachel Barron}}, and had issue:
*****{{sc|John Barron Morris}} (1882-1912)
*****{{sc|Katherine Daisy Morris}}, married (1904) {{sc|George Rollings}}, and had issue ->
*****Sir {{sc|Herbert Edward Morris}}, 7th Bt (1884-1947), married (1938) {{sc|Olive Irene Davies}}. No issue.
****{{sc|Henrietta Ellen Morris}}, married (1876) {{sc|Felix Hussey Webber}} (d.1905) and had issue ->
****{{sc|Amy Blanche Caroline Morris}} ( -1907), married (1885) Major {{sc|Robert Bowen Robertson}}, and had issue ->
****{{sc|Mary Morris}}, died unmarried.
***{{sc|George Byng Morris}} (1816-1899), married (1852) {{sc|Emily Matilda Smith}}, and had issue:
****{{sc|Robert Townsend Morris}} (1853-1939)
****{{sc|Charles Smith Morris}} (1854-1933), married (1888) {{sc|Maud Mary Alston}} (d.1936), and had issue:
*****Capt. {{sc|Charles Alan Smith Morris}} (1895-1917)
*****{{sc|Mabel Travers Morris}} (d.1983)
*****{{sc|Daisy Emily Smith Morris}}, married (1930) Brig. {{sc|Geoffrey William Auten, obe}}, and had issue ->
*****{{sc|Lucy Maud Morris}}, married (1930) Lt.-Col. {{sc|Francis John Nugee, mc, td}} (d.1966), and had issue ->
****Sir {{sc|George Lockwood Morris}}, 8th Bt (1859–1947), married (1889) {{sc|Wilhelmina Elizabeth Cory}} (d.1948), issue:
*****Sir {{sc|Cedric Lockwood Morris}}, 9th Bt (1889-1982), died without issue.
*****{{sc|Muriel Emily Morris}} (died young)
*****{{sc|Nancy Wilhelmina Lockwood Morris}} (1893- )
****{{sc|Musgrave Morris}} (1864-?), married (1892) {{sc|Edith Marion Lockhart}}, no issue.
****{{sc|Thomas Byng Morris}} (1866-1951), married (1898) {{sc|Edith Amy Bishop}} (d.1965), and had issue ->
****{{sc|Frank Hall Byng-Morris}} (1869-1954), married (1913) {{sc|Irene Catherine Rogers-Harrison}} (d.1968), and had issue ->
****{{sc|Edith Charlotte Morris}} (d.1939), married (1887) {{sc|Francis Montagu Lloyd}} (d.1922), and had issue ->
****{{sc|Fanny Mathilda Morris}} (d.1926), married (1882) {{sc|Harry Bathurst Christie}}, and had issue ->
****{{sc|Lucy Emily Morris}} (d.1936), married (1887) Maj. {{sc|Henry Selwyn Goodlake}} (d.1917)
****{{sc|Rose Herbert Morris}} (d.1952), unmarried.
***Cdr. {{sc|Frederick Morris, rn}} (1819- ), married (1854) {{sc|Agnes Lane}}, and had issue:
****Maj. {{sc|Frederick Morris}} (1854-1915), married (1884) {{sc|Sybil Rowland}} (d.1942), no issue.
****{{sc|Charles Lane Morris}} (1857-1922), married (1903) {{sc|Mabel Emily Cooper}}, no issue.
****Lt. {{sc|Percy Byng Morris}} (1871-?), married (1912) Ethel Maud Glascott (d.1923), and had issue:
*****Sir {{sc|Robert Byng Morris}}, 10th Bt (1913–1999), married (1947) {{sc|Christina Kathleen Field}}, and had issue:
******{{sc|Geraldine Ann Morris}} (b.1948), married<sup>1</sup> (1969, divorced 1981) {{sc|Gilbert Baxter}}, married<sup>2</sup> (1984) {{sc|Thomas Millard}}, and has issue by her first marriage ->
******{{sc|Gillian Morris}} (b.1950), married<sup>1</sup> (1972, divorced 19??) {{sc|Andrew Jamieson}}, married(sup>2</sup> {{sc|Clifford Morrison}}.
******Sir {{sc|Allan Lindsay Morris}}, 11th Bt (1961-2016), married (1986) Cheronne Denise Whitford, and had issue:
*******{{sc|Chelsea Alana Morris}} (b.1992)
*******Sir {{sc|Sennen John Morris}}, 12th Bt (b.1995)
*******{{sc|Chace James Morris}} (b.1997)
******{{sc|Roberta Crystal Byng-Morris}} (b.1965), married (1991, divorced 1998) {{sc|Donald Lebrun}}, and has issue ->
***{{sc|Augustus Thomas Morris}} (1820-1831)
***Gen. {{Sc|Charles Henry Morris, cb}} (1824-1887), married (1869) Lady {{Sc|Blanche Godolphin Osborne}} (1842-1917), and had issue ->
***{{sc|Cecilia Lucy Elizabeth Morris}} (d.1870)
***{{sc|Beatrice Charlotte Morris}}, married Rev. {{sc|Thomas Charles Leaver}} (d.1871)
***{{sc|Georgine Augusta Morris}}
***{{sc|Matilda Anne Cecilia Morris}}, married (1851) {{sc|Jasper Livingstone}}
**{{sc|Thomas Morris, ma}}
**{{sc|Henrietta Morris}} (d.1825), married Sir {{sc|Nathaniel Levitt Peacock}}, Bt
**{{sc|Frances Morris}} (d.1859)
**{{sc|Matilda Morris}} (d.1850), married (1807) {{sc|Edward Jesse}}
**{{sc|Charlotte Morris}} (d.1827) unmarried
**{{sc|Caroline Morris}} (d.1883), married Rev. {{sc|George Lillie Wodehouse Fauquier}}

==Sources==
* [https://archive.org/details/generalarmoryofe00burk/page/708 ''Burke's general armory'' 1884, page 708]
* [https://https://archive.org/details/b31363945/page/1298 ''Burke's peerage and baronetage'' 1915, page 1299]
* ''Burke's peerage and baronetage'' 1999, page 1997
* ''Debrett's peerage and baronetage'' 2019
* Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles. [https://archive.org/details/armorialfamilies02foxd/page/1394 ''Armorial families: a directory of gentlemen of coat-armour''. 1905. page 1394]
* Wikipedia: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_baronets_of_Clasemont_(1806) ''Morris baronets of Clasemont (1806)'']
* Wikipedia: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_John_Morris,_1st_Baronet ''Sir John Morris, 1st baronet'']

[[Category:Swansea and Gower]]

Morris of Clasemont, Swansea - Revision history

Vexald at 09:53, 1 May 2026

Vexald: 1 revision imported

vexald>Vexald at 10:29, 10 March 2026