Samuel Hope Morley, 1st Baron Hollenden DL JP (3 July 1845 – 18 February 1929), was a British businessman.

Early life

Morley was the son of Samuel Morley and Rebekah Maria Hope, daughter of Samuel Hope of

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. The Liberal politician

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was his younger brother. He completed a master's degree at

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in 1872. His maternal grandfather was Samuel Hope of Liverpool and his paternal grandparents were Sarah ( Poulton) Morley and John Morley, a

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manufacturer.

Career

He was a partner in the firm of I. and R. Morley, Wood Street; and served as

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from 1893 to 1895. He lived in

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. On 9 February 1912, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Hollenden, of Leigh in the County of Kent. He held the office of Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant of Kent and, later Justice of the Peace for the County of London.

Personal life

On 6 March 1884, Morley married Laura Marianne Birch (d. 1945), a daughter of Reverend G. Royds Birch. Together, they were the parents of two sons: * Geoffrey Hope-Morley, 2nd Baron Hollenden (1885–1977), who married three times. * Hon. Claude Hope-Morley (1887–1968), who married Lady Dorothy Mercer-Henderson, a daughter of the 7th Earl of Buckinghamshire, in 1911.Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.''

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, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 2, page 1944. He died in February 1929, aged 83, and was succeeded in the barony by his son Geoffrey. Lady Hollenden died in 1945. As the second baron had no male heirs, the subsequent barons were all descended from Lord Hollenden's second son Claude.

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