Isaac Morier (1750–1817) was British consul-general of the

Levant Company The Levant Company was an English chartered company formed in 1592. Elizabeth I of England approved its initial charter on 11 September 1592 when the Venice Company (1583) and the Turkey Company (1581) merged, because their charters had expired, ...

at Constantinople.

Early life

Isaac Morier was born on 12 August 1750 in

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.Lane-Poole, 1894 He was from a

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family. He was educated at Harrow.

Career

In 1803, he lost his fortune in 1803 and had to work. In 1804, he was appointed the first consul-general of the Levant Company at Constantinople, and on the dissolution of the company in 1806, he became his Britannic majesty's consul. He also became an agent of the

East India Company The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company that was founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to Indian Ocean trade, trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (South A ...

, and held both positions until his death in 1817 from the plague in

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Personal life

Morier became a naturalised Englishman. In 1775, he married Clara van Lennep, daughter of the Dutch consul-general and president of the Dutch Levant Company. They had children including: * John Philip Morier (1776–1853), diplomat * James Justinian Morier (1780–1849), diplomat and novelist *

David Richard Morier David Richard Morier (1784–1877) was an English diplomat and author. Life The third son of Isaac Morier, Consul-General to the Turkey Company at Constantinople, he was born in Smyrna on 8 January 1784 and educated at Harrow School before en ...

(1784–1877), diplomat * William Morier (1790–1864), admiral

Death

He died in 1817.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Morier, Isaac 1750 births 1817 deaths People educated at Harrow School British East India Company civil servants

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British expatriates in the Ottoman Empire