Thomas Baker Morrell

Rt Rev Thomas Baker Morrell DD FRSE (1815–1877) was a 19th-century British episcopalian minister who served as Bishop of Edinburgh.

Life

He was born in 1815, the fifth son of Baker Morrell (1779–1854) of Oxford and his wife, Mary Elizabeth Chapman, daughter of Rev Joseph Chapman.[1] He studied divinity at Oxford University, graduating BA in 1836 and MA in 1839.[2]

He went to Chester as a deacon in 1839 and became a priest the following year. In 1840 he moved back to Oxford as a curate and in 1847 went to Kidderminster. In 1852 he became rector of Henley-on-Thames. In 1863 he was created Bishop of Edinburgh.[3]

In 1865 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, his proposer being Sir David Brewster.[4] He lived in the Bishops House on the corner of Greenhill Gardens and Strathearn Place.[5]

He resigned his post as bishop in 1869.

He died on 5 November 1877.

Publications

  • Psalms and Hymns Composed by T B Morrell (1864)

References

  1. ↑ http://members.iglou.com/tpayne/Baker_Morrell.htm
  2. ↑ The Christian Remembrancer 1836
  3. ↑ Henley on Thames through Time, Elizabeth Hazeldine
  4. ↑ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783 – 2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.
  5. ↑ Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1868
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