"1st Earl of Morley" John Parker Signed Free Frank Dated 1859 For Sale

 Up for sale a RARE! "1st Earl of Morley" John Parker Hand Signed Free Frank Dated 1859. 

known as 2nd Baron Boringdon from 1788 to 1815, was a British peer

and politician. Morley was the only son of John Parker, 1st Baron Boringdon,

of Boringdon Hall, Plympton,

of Court House, North Molton, and of Saltram, all in Devon, and

his second wife Theresa Robinson, daughter of Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham.

His mother died when he was three years old and his father when he was fifteen.

His parents had employed the architect Robert Adam to

complete the interior of Saltram House, rebuilt

by his own father John Parker as

one of the grandest houses in Devon. The Parker family had risen to prominence

in the mid-16th century as the bailiff of the manor of North Molton, Devon, under Baron Zouche of

Haryngworth. Morley took his seat in the House of

Lords on his 21st birthday in 1793. He was an active member of

the House of Lords, initially supporting government policies until the death

of William Pitt the Younger in 1806.

After Pitt's death he supported George

Canning, with whom he corresponded on political matters for many

years. In 1815 he was created Viscount Boringdon, of North Molton

in the County of Devon, and Earl of Morley, in the County of Devon.

After Canning's death in 1827 he began to support the Whigs,

and voted for the Great Reform Act of 1832. Apart from his

involvement in national politics, Morley was also a great benefactor to public

works in his home county of Devon and was a Fellow of the Royal Society.[5] He

made only minor additions to the family seat at Saltram, including the porch

and enlargement of the library, 1818–20.