Sir William Morice, 1st Baronet (c. 1628 – 7 February 1690), of Werrington

Werrington, Cornwall

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 (then in Devon

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 but now in Cornwall

Cornwall

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), was an English Member of Parliament.

Morice was the eldest son of Sir William Morice

William Morice (Secretary of State)

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, a Member of Parliament who assisted in the Restoration

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 of King Charles II

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, and was knighted and appointed Secretary of State for the Northern Department

Secretary of State for the Northern Department

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 in 1660. The younger William was created a baronet

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 on 20 April 1661. In 1689, he entered the House of Commons

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 as Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for Newport

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, but died a year later.

He married twice. His first wife was Gertrude, daughter of Sir John Bampfylde

Sir John Bampfylde, 1st Baronet

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 of Poltimore, and they had three children:

• William Morice (1660–1688), who married Anne Lower, but died without issue before his father
• Mary Morice, who married Sir John Carew
  Sir John Carew, 3rd Baronet
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• Gertrude Morice (d. 1679), who married Sir Walter Yonge
  Sir Walter Yonge, 3rd Baronet
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His second wife, who he married in 1676, was a daughter of Richard Reynell of Ogwell. By her he was the father of

• Nicholas Morice (c. 1681–1726), who succeeded to the baronetcy