Edmund Parker, 2nd Earl of Morley (10 June 1810 – 28 August 1864), known as Viscount Boringdon from 1815 to 1840, was a British

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 peer and Whig politician.

Morley was the son of John Parker, 1st Earl of Morley

John Parker, 1st Earl of Morley

John Parker, 1st Earl of Morley FRS , known as Lord Boringdon from 1788 to 1815, was a British peer and politician....

, and his second wife Frances Talbot, and was educated at Christ Church, Oxford

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. In 1840 he succeeded his father as second Earl of Morley and took his seat on the Whig benches in the House of Lords

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. From 1846 to 1852 he served as a Lord-in-Waiting

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 (government whip in the House of Lords) in the Whig administration

Whig Government 1846-1852

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 of Lord John Russell

John Russell, 1st Earl Russell

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. Morley was also a Deputy Lieutenant

Deputy Lieutenant

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 of Devon

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 and a Lord of the Bedchamber

Lord of the Bedchamber

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 to Prince Albert.

Lord Morley married his second cousin Harriet Sophia, daughter of Montagu Edmund Parker, in 1842. He died in August 1864, aged 54, and was succeeded in his titles by his son Albert

Albert Parker, 3rd Earl of Morley

Albert Edmund Parker, 3rd Earl of Morley PC, DL, JP , styled Viscount Boringdon until 1864, was a British peer and Liberal, later Liberal Unionist politician.-Background and education:...

, who became a prominent Liberal

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politician. Lady Morley died in 1897.