Staats Long Morris
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Staats Long Morris (August 27, 1728 – 1800), was an American colonist who served as a major-general in the British army during the American Revolution. He was born in Morrisiana, New York, the grandson of Lewis Morris (the first governor of New Jersey), the brother of Lewis Morris (a signer of the Declaration of Independence), and the half-brother of Gouverneur Morris (an author of the United States Constitution).
In March 1756, Morris married the widowed Lady Catherine Gordon (Duchess of Gordon), daughter of William Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aberdeen and Lady Susan Murray.[1] On May 31, 1756, he joined the British army and became captain of the 36th foot. He was quickly promoted lieutenant-colonel in the 89th Highlanders, with which he served at the siege of the French colony of Pondicherry, India in 1761. On July 7, 1763, he was made brigadier-general, in 1777 he obtained major-general, and in 1796 he became a general.
Morris became a member of the British Parliament, representing Elgin,[2]. He was buried in an unmarked grave in the nave of Westminster Abbey in 1800.
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- Data-Wales: The Morris family of Tintern and Piercefield in south Wales
- Virtualology: Lewis Morris, Signer of the Declaration of Independence
- WikiSource: Francis Whiting Halsey, The Old New York Frontier, Part 3 Chapter 2, p. 104
- James J. Kirschke, Gouverneur Morris: Author, Statesman, and Man of the World, p. 158
- American links with Westminster Abbey and St Margaret's Church
