MORRIS
,
EDWARD ROWLEY
(
1828
-
1893
),
antiquary
;
b.
22 April 1828
at
New Hall
,
Kerry, Mont.
, son of
Edward Rowley
Morris
. He was educated with a view to holy orders, but in
1851
he went to
America
. Returning, he joined his father's
wool business
at
Newtown
, but later was a
coal and lime merchant
at
Welshpool
, becoming prominent in the public life of that town. But his interests became increasingly
antiquarian
, and in
1881
he removed to
London
to be within reach of the record-collections. He d. in
London
,
24 July 1893
, but was buried at
Newtown
. He was one of the earliest members of the ‘
Powysland Club
,’ and contributed many important articles to
Mont. Coll.
,
Bye-Gones
, and similar journals. In the opinion of his fellow-
antiquary
Richard
Williams
(
1835
-
1906
, q.v.)
, his knowledge of
Montgomeryshire
history was ‘
perfectly unique
.’
Bibliography:
-
R. Williams
,
Montgomeryshire Worthies
, second ed.,
1894
;
-
Archaeologia Cambrensis
,
1893
, 363-4.
Author:
Emeritus Professor Robert Thomas Jenkins, C.B.E., D.Litt., Ll.D.,
F.S.A., (1881-1969), Bangor
