Col. Sir George MORRIS J.P. D.L. [14175]

  General Notes:

George Morris, J.P., D.L., Ensign, Kerry Militia, April 14, 1794, to June 30, 1795 ; Ensign, 14th Foot, October 29, 1802 ; Ditto, 2nd Foot, February 9, 1804 ; Cornet, 3rd Dragoons, April 4, 1805 ; Lieutenant, 3rd Dragoon Guards, June 13, 1805; Captain, 34th Foot, June 12, 1806; Captain, 2nd Dragoon Guards, July 30, 1806 ; Captain, 3rd Buffs, July 9, 1807 ; Major, 3rd Buffs, April 16, 1809 ; Major, 40th Foot, July 8, 1809 ; Lieutenant-Colonel, June 4, 1814. Retired from the army November 26, 1830, having served in the West Indies, on the staff in Spain and Portugal, 1808-09, at the Cape of Good Hope, at Waterloo and in the occupation of Paris, and afterwards at Gibraltar, and in Ireland during the Rebellion.
Appointed a Deputy-Lieutenant for co. Dublin, and one of the Commissioners of Paving, etc., of Dublin.
Knighted by Letters Patent, dated 1841. Usher of the Black Rod of St. Patrick, 1841-58.

Deaths.
Morris, Knight Bachelor (Ireland), created 1841.
Sir George Morris, second son of the late Colonel Samuel Morris, of Littleton, Ireland, by the eldest sister of the late Sir Barry Denny, Bart., born 1786 (sic), married, 1814, daughter of the late John Blennerhassett, Esq. (since dead) ; was educated at Trinity College, Dublin ; became a Lieutenant-Colonel in the army, but has retired ; was engaged in every action and siege in the West Indies under Sir R. Abercromby and his successors in command from 1795 to 1801 ; served on the staff in Portuga and Spain in 1808 and 1809 ; at the Cape of Good Hope and in France ; served at Gibraltar, and in Ireland during the Rebellion ; is a Deputy-Lieutenant of Dublin; was appointed Usher of the Black Rod to the Order of St. Patrick in 1841, and on that occasion received the honour of Knighthood by Letters Patent. Residence : Gardiner's Place, Mountjoy Square, Dublin. Dod's 'Peerage,' 1849: 'May 21. At his residence, 32, Gardiner's Place, in his eighty-fourth year, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir George Morris, D.L., of the county Dublin.'
Ref: Freeman's Journal, Tuesday, May 25, 1858.

George married Frances Anne Wilhelimina BLENNERHASSETT [14185] [MRIN: 4745], daughter of William BLENNERHASSETT of Ballyseedy, Co. Kerry [14186] and Catherine JOHNSON [24579], in 1814. (Frances Anne Wilhelimina BLENNERHASSETT [14185] was baptised on 30 Jun 1783 in Tralee, died on 20 Dec 1818 in Cheltenham GLS and was buried on 29 Dec 1818 in Family Vault Walcott Church Bath.)