Charles Morison (MP for Tavistock)
Member of the Parliament of England: (1549-1599)
Sir Charles Morrison (or Morison) (1549 – 31 March 1599) was an English politician in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I and heir to the Estate of Cassiobury in Watford, Hertfordshire. He sat in the Parliament of England as MP for Tavistock.
Early life
He was born in 1549, the son of Sir Richard Morrison and Bridget Hussey, the daughter of John Hussey, 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford. Charles had three sisters, Jane, Elizabeth and Mary.
Richard was a secretary in the royal court and in 1546 had been granted the manor of Cassiobury, former monastic lands that had been taken from the Abbey of St. Albans during the dissolution of the monasteries. During his service to Edward VI, Richard was sent as ambassador to the Holy Roman Emperor, and Charles probably lived with his parents in Strasbourg as a child. When Charles was only six years old, his father died, and he returned to England with his mother, Bridget.
Bridget married again, first to Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland in 1561 (who died in 1563). John Throckmorton was granted wardship of the young Charles in 1557, against the wishes of Richard, who had wanted Catherine, Duchess of Suffolk, who shared his religious views.
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