James Marshall Moorsom
James Marshall Moorsom (16 November 1837 – 26 March 1918)[1] was a British Liberal Party politician.
Son of Vice-Admiral Constantine Moorsom and grandson of Admiral Robert Moorsom, who distinguished himself at the Battle of Trafalgar,[2] he was elected at the 1892 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, defeating the sitting Conservative MP Sir Henry Whatley Tyler.[3]
Moorsom served only three years in the House of Commons, until his defeat at the 1895 general election.[3]
Moorsom was father of Raisley Stewart Moorsom, whose daughter Sasha married the sociologist Michael Young, Baron Young of Dartington; their son is the journalist Toby Young.[4]
References
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 2)
- ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 106th edition, vol. 2, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1999, p. 3093
- ^ a b Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 115. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
- ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 106th edition, vol. 2, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1999, p. 3093
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by James Marshall Moorsom
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| Preceded by Sir Henry Tyler | Member of Parliament for Great Yarmouth 1892–1895 | Succeeded by Sir John Colomb |
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Moorsom family tree
| Richard Moorsom (1729–1809) | Mary Ward (1729–1816) | Thomas Scarth (1736–1824) | Margaret Lane (1739–1798) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Moorsom (1760–1835) | Eleanor Scarth (1765–1828) | Jonathan Scarth (1772–1850) | Lewis Morris Wilkins (1801–18850 | Sarah Rachel Thomas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Constantine Richard Moorsom (1792–1869) | Mary Maude (1796–1877) | Maria Margaret Moorsom (1794–1877) | Henry Longueville Mansel (1783–1835) | William Scarth Moorsom (1804–1863) | Isobel Ann Morris Wilkins (1808–1860) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eleanor Sara Moorsom (1824–1883) | Robert Benson (1814–1875) | James Marshall Moorsom (1837–1918) | Emma Catherine Browne (1851–1920) | Henry Longueville Mansel (1820–1871) | Percival Laurence (1829–1913 | Isabella Sarah Moorsom (1833–1912) | Lewis Henry Moorsom (1835–1914) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Henry Benson (1850–1929) | Raisley Stewart Moorsom (1892–1981) | Anne Thompson (1900–1993) | Henry Hamilton Laurence (1864–1923) | Mary Butler (d. 1953) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michael Dunlop Young (1915–2002) | Ruth Sasha Moorsom (1931–1993) | Barbara Alison Symons (1929–2019) | Guy Stewart Laurence (1896–1982) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Toby Daniel Moorsom Young (born 1963) | Anne, Princess Royal (born 1950) | Timothy Laurence (born 1955) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sources
- The Descendants of Robert Moorsom www.pennyghael.org.uk
Family tree of the Moorsom family
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