Nicholas Morse
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Nicholas Morse the great-grandson of the British statesman
and revolutionary
Oliver Cromwell
and served as the last President of Madras before the Battle of Madras
and the French occupation of Fort St George
and its surroundings in 1746.
Morse's Presidency was short and was characterised by hostilities between the British and the French. This hostilities culminated in 1746 by the occupation of Madras by the French under Bertrand François Mahé de La Bourdonnais ending Morse's short tenure.
Morse's daughter Emilia was married to Henry Vansittart
, Governor of Bengal
from 1759 to 1764. Nicholas Morse is buried in St Mary's Church in Madras.http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/text.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V16_373.gif
A website on slave trade has named Nicholas Morse along with another Governor of Fort St George William Gyfford
as a prominent slave-trader. http://www.danbyrnes.com.au/blackheath/bcslave.htm
Statesman
A statesman is usually a politician or other notable public figure who has had a long and respected career in politics or government at the national and international level. As a term of respect, it is usually left to supporters or commentators to use the term...
and revolutionary
Revolutionary
A revolutionary is a person who either actively participates in, or advocates revolution. Also, when used as an adjective, the term revolutionary refers to something that has a major, sudden impact on society or on some aspect of human endeavor.-Definition:...
Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader who overthrew the English monarchy and temporarily turned England into a republican Commonwealth, and served as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland....
and served as the last President of Madras before the Battle of Madras
Battle of Madras
The Battle of Madras or Fall of Madras or Battle of Adyar took place in September 1746 during the War of the Austrian Succession when a French force attacked and captured the city of Madras from its British garrison....
and the French occupation of Fort St George
Fort St George
Fort St George is the name of the first English fortress in India, founded in 1639 at the coastal city of Madras, the modern city of Chennai. The construction of the Fort provided the impetus for further settlements and trading activity, in what was originally a no man's land...
and its surroundings in 1746.
Morse's Presidency was short and was characterised by hostilities between the British and the French. This hostilities culminated in 1746 by the occupation of Madras by the French under Bertrand François Mahé de La Bourdonnais ending Morse's short tenure.
Morse's daughter Emilia was married to Henry Vansittart
Henry Vansittart
Henry Vansittart was the English Governor of Bengal from 1759 to 1764.Vansittart was born in Bloomsbury in Middlesex, the third son of Arthur van Sittart . His father and his grandfather, Peter van Sittart , were both wealthy merchants and directors of the Russia Company...
, Governor of Bengal
Governor of Bengal
From 1690, a governor represented the British East India Company in Bengal, which had been granted the right to establish a trading post by the local rulers, the nawabs of Murshidabad, who were nominal vassals of the Mughal emperor in Delhi....
from 1759 to 1764. Nicholas Morse is buried in St Mary's Church in Madras.http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/text.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V16_373.gif
A website on slave trade has named Nicholas Morse along with another Governor of Fort St George William Gyfford
William Gyfford
William Gyfford was an English factor and Agent of Madras from July 3, 1681 to August 8, 1684 and the President of Madras from January 26, 1685 to July 25, 1687.....
as a prominent slave-trader. http://www.danbyrnes.com.au/blackheath/bcslave.htm