Levi Lapper Morse

Levi Lapper Morse

Levi Lapper Morse (24 May 1853 – 10 September 1913) was an English grocer and draper and Liberal Party politician.

Family and education

Morse was the son of Charles Morse from Stratton St Margaret, near Swindon in Wiltshire. He was educated at the High School, Swindon. He married Winifred, daughter of Isaac Humphries of Broad Hinton, Wiltshire and they had two sons and four daughters. Their son William Ewart Morse was also a Liberal politician in Wiltshire and a Member of Parliament.[1]

Career

Morse was a prominent Swindon shopkeeper [2] He owned Morse's department store on Regent Street, Swindon the second most important of Swindon's stores for many years.[3] Mostly known as a grocer and draper, he also owned a chain of other shops in the south-west and a large mail order business.[4]

Politics

Local politics

Morse served as an Alderman on Wiltshire County Council and also served as a Justice of the Peace.[1] He was Mayor of Swindon in 1901.[5]

Parliament

Morse was elected Liberal MP for the Wilton or South Division of Wiltshire at the 1906 general election. He gained the seat from the sitting Conservative, James Archibald Morrison by 4,272 votes to 3,458 a majority of 724 [6] Morse did not seek re-election in 1910 because of ill-health.[7] In 1908 he was one of the members of the British group of the Inter-parliamentary Union who attended its conference in Berlin.[8]

Religion

Morse was a devout member of the Primitive Methodist Church and was a delegate to its centenary conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[7] He also became Vice-president of the Primitive Methodist conference in 1896.[9]

Death

Levi Lapper Morse's memorial in Radnor Street Cemetery, Swindon.

He died at his home, The Croft, Swindon on 10 September 1913 aged 60 years.[7] Swindon solicitor A. Ernest Withy published notice of his estate in the London Gazette, 31 October 1913.[10]

He is buried in Radnor Street Cemetery, Swindon.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b Who was Who, OUP 2007
  2. ^ E. H. Goddard, The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine; Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, Item notes 1937-1939, p527
  3. ^ Brian Bridgeman, Swindon Living Memories; Frith Publishers, 2003
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 July 2008. Retrieved 5 February 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ The Times, 11 November 1901 p7
  6. ^ The Times, 25 January 1906 p10
  7. ^ a b c The Times, 11 September 1913 p9
  8. ^ The Times, 12 September 1908 p11
  9. ^ Conference Supplement, 18 June 1896
  10. ^ London Gazette, 31 October 1913, no.28769
  11. ^ "L Lapper Morse Died: 10 Sep 1913 BillionGraves Record". BillionGraves. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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