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Lodge Morres [Murray] Prior and Hervey Morres [Murray] Prior

Lodge Morres M-P, b. 3 April 1797, was Thomas and Catherine M-P’s second son and TLM-P's uncle. He became a Captain in a cavalry regiment, the 12th_Royal_Lancers.1) He was baptised at Rathdowney, and later lived - and died - at 52 Brunswick Square, Brighton on 5 November 1868. He was buried in a churchyard at Hove, Brighton. TLM-P visited his uncle Lodge's grave there, describing it and that of Lodge's son (6th child as shown below), Herbert de Montmorency M-P.2)
Lodge married three times:

1. in 1819, to Anna Maria Brownrigg, the elder daughter of John Brownrigg of county Donegal, and the widow of Colonel Robins of 69th regiment who died in India. She died in 1834 at Hulme, Manchester and was buried there. According to the websiteMy Heritage, they had two children:
i. Lodge De Montmorency Prior (1820-?) and
ii. John De Montmorency Prior (1822-76). He is probably the Brevet Colonel J. de M. M. Prior, late of the Dragoons, listed in the 1869 army lists along with his brother Adrian.3)

2. In October 1836, Letitia Unett, the only daughter of John Wilkes Unett, a solicitor of Coventry and Birmingham, and Elizabeth. She died in Kensington, London in circa 1850. An album auctioned in the USA by Antiquarian Auctions in August 2022 features their youngest son Herbert in the centre of the page and a number of photographs around it, including the following. It is a reasonable assumption that it shows baby Herbert with his proud parents, Lodge and Letitia:

From the date of her predecessor's and her own death, their children were (according to his entry in My Heritage):
iii. Lodge De Montmorency Prior (1838-59);
iv. Albert Murray-Prior (1840-?);
v. Adrian De Montmorency Prior (1840-69). In 1869, the army lists showed Lieutenant Adrian de Montmorency Prior was in the Royal Artillery. The next images of him are from the album being auctioned in the USA by Antiquarian Auctions in August 2022 ;and
vi. Herbert De Moutmorency Prior (1846-73). The next photos are also in the album auctioned by Antiquarian Auctions in the USA in August 2022. The first photo indicates that, like his brother, he was in the army.

3. Laura, daughter of Captain King R.N 'who for many years had the packet service at Penzance' and is believed to have died there. It was her second marriage; her first husband was army Captain Dalton of Yorkshire. She died at 14 Johnston Street, Bath on 13 March 1891, and was buried in Bath.4) It does not appear that there were any children of this marriage. Her photo is also in an album auctioned by Antiquarian Auctions in the USA in August 2022: According to Antiquarian Auctions, the image of Laura is superimposed inside the surrounds of a British 'penny-black' stamp, with her head replacing that of Queen Victoria. The result is a Laura 'stamp', roughly the same size as the official 'penny-black' stamp.5)

Hervey Morres M-P

He was baptised at Rathdowney and married Mary Shipden in 1832, believed to be in London. Mary's father was a banker in Deal, Kent. Hervey was employed by the Ordnance Department (which dealt with military supplies) as a clerk at the Tower of London. He and Mary died at 6 Blanford Square, [Marylebone] London respectively on 14 January 1873 and 12 February 1874; they were both buried at Kensal Green cemetery in London.6)

According to the My Heritage website, he was born in 1798. No children are recordedHervey Morres Prior


1)
TLM-P, notes,Family Bible; Burke; Maximilian Genealogy Master Database 2000
2)
TLM-P, Diary, 25 June 1882
3)
Based on my old notes when visited the Public Record Office at Kew (London) - needs checking.
4)
‘Questions to be answered by T.L.M-P’, 6pp Memoranda, answers supplied to Burke for College of Heralds]
5)
Adam Langlands, email to J. Godden, 31 July 2022
6)
‘Questions to be answered by T.L.M-P’, 6pp Memoranda [possibly answers to Burke's questions for his Colonial Gentry?]
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