Staats Long Morris

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Staats Long Morris was an 18th-century American-born British Army officer and politician from a prominent New York family who served as a Member of Parliament in Britain.

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instanceOf American emigrant to the Kingdom of Great Britain
British Army officer
Member of Parliament of Great Britain
human
politician
birthDate 1728-08-27
birthPlace New York City
Province of New York
burialPlace St Marylebone Parish Church
countryOfCitizenship Great Britain
deathDate 1800-01-28
deathPlace Kingdom of Great Britain
York Place, Marylebone, London
educatedAt Yale College
ethnicGroup American colonist of Dutch descent
familyName Morris
father Lewis Morris Jr.
givenName Staats
languageSpoken English
memberOf Morris family
militaryBranch British Army
militaryConflict Seven Years' War
militaryRank general
lieutenant-general
militaryUnit 36th Regiment of Foot
89th Regiment of Foot
mother Catherine Staats
notableEvent promoted to lieutenant-general in the British Army
raised the 89th Regiment of Foot
served as colonel of the 36th Regiment of Foot
served in the Seven Years' War
notableRelative Gouverneur Morris
Lewis Morris, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence
notableWork service as MP for Elgin Burghs in the Parliament of Great Britain
occupation politician
soldier
parliamentaryTerm 1774–1784
positionHeld Member of Parliament for Elgin Burghs
residence Great Britain
Scotland
sibling Gouverneur Morris
Lewis Morris
spouse Catherine Gordon
Jane Urquhart

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Lewis Morris child Staats Morris
linked to: Staats Long Morris
Morris family hasNotableMember Staats Long Morris
Morrisania estate associatedWith Staats Long Morris