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 ===== A more grounded ‘Air Castle’: the Morres Family =====
-=== Four Generations: source of names and pride ===
-| [[Hervey Morres, 1625-1724]] | m. | [[[[the_butler_family|Frances Butler]]|
-| [[Francis Morres]] (b. circa 1680) | m. 1706 | [[francis_morres|Catherine Evans]]|
-| [[Redmond Morres]] (d. 1784)       | m. 1740 | [[redmond_morres|Elizabeth Lodge]]|
-| [[Frances Morres]] (b. circa 1751) | m. 29 April 1772 | [[frances_morres|Andrew Murray-Prior]] (c.1747-95).|
-In 1816, Frances Morres’ brother Lodge Morres was awarded the title Viscount Frankfort de Montmorency (he choose de Montmorency because of  what Burke's Peerage called a 'genuine but mistaken belief' that he was descended from the distinguished French family of that name).
-{{  https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G_M1umyY614/Vt2Q48p_RII/AAAAAAAAaOU/SHqUmrtydmo/s1600/ju.jpg?375x937|}} //Photo: Castlemorres House: it was demolished in 1978.((http://www.munster-express.ie/community-notes/kilkenny/lecture-given-on-castlemorris-house-and-estate/))//
-The above Table summarises the connection which began with Frances Butler marrying Hervey Morres: their great-granddaughter married Andrew M-P, TLM-P's great-grandfather. The Morres family tended to be successful, wealthy (Francis and Redmond both married an [[heiress]]) and public figures: models for children to emulate. Consequently, generations of Murray-Priors drew on this family when choosing names for their children. TLM-P’s second name was Lodge while his uncle was [[Lodge Morres M-P.]] Many of TLM-P's children appear to be named after this family. Catherine and Elizabeth were popular names and also the second names of TLM-P’s step-sister Louisa; Lodge and Morres could be named after his uncle; but there appears little other reason than identification with the Morres family when three of his sons were named Hervey, Redmond and (as a second name for Thomas) de Montmorency.