Albert Parker, 3rd Earl of Morley
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The Right Honourable The Earl of Morley PC DL JP |
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| Under-Secretary of State for War | |
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In office 1 May 1880 – 9 June 1885 |
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| Monarch | Queen Victoria |
| Prime Minister | William Ewart Gladstone |
| Preceded by | Viscount Bury |
| Succeeded by | Viscount Bury |
| First Commissioner of Works | |
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In office 17 February 1886 – 16 April 1886 |
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| Monarch | Queen Victoria |
| Prime Minister | William Ewart Gladstone |
| Preceded by | Hon. David Plunket |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Elgin |
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| Born | 11 June 1843 |
| Died | 26 February 1905 (aged 61) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Holford (d. 1908) |
| Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
Albert Edmund Parker, 3rd Earl of Morley PC, DL, JP (11 June 1843 – 26 February 1905), styled Viscount Boringdon until 1864, was a British peer and Liberal, later Liberal Unionist politician.
Morley was the son of Edmund Parker, 2nd Earl of Morley, and Harriet Sophia (née Parker). He was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford.
Morley succeeded his father as third Earl of Morley in 1864 and took his seat on the Liberal benches in the House of Lords. He served under William Ewart Gladstone as a Lord-in-Waiting from 1868 to 1874 and as Under-Secretary of State for War from 1880 to 1885. In February 1886 he was admitted to the Privy Council and appointed First Commissioner of Works, a position he only held until April of the same year. He broke with Gladstone over Irish Home Rule and joined the Liberal Unionists. From 1889 to 1905 Morley was Chairman of committees and a Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords.
Apart from his career in national politics Morley was Chairman of Devon County Council and a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant for Devon. He also served as President of the first day of the 1886 Co-operative Congress.
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