Samuel Morley, 1st Baron Hollenden

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

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Background

Morley was the son of Samuel Morley and Rebekah Maria Hope, daughter of Samuel Hope of Liverpool. The Liberal politician Arnold Morley was his younger brother.

Career

He was a partner in the firm of I. and R. Morley and served as Governor of the Bank of England from 1903 to 1905. In 1912 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Hollenden, of Leigh in the County of Kent.

Family

Lord Hollenden married Laura Marianne, daughter of Reverend G. Royds Birch, in 1884. He died in February 1929, aged 83, and was succeeded in the barony by his son Geoffrey. Lady Hollenden died in 1945.

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Government offices
Preceded by
Augustus Prevost
Governor of the Bank of England
1903 - 1905
Succeeded by
Alexander Falconer Wallace
Honorary titles
Preceded by
Bertram Currie
High Sheriff of the County of London
1893–1894
Succeeded by
Ferdinand Huth
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
New Creation
Baron Hollenden
1912–1929
Succeeded by
Geoffrey Hope-Morley