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{{Short description|English merchant and politician}}
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'''Robert Morley''' (died 1632) was an English merchant and politician who sat in the [[House of Commons of England|House of Commons]]  at various times between 1621 and 1629.
[[File:Glynde Place2.jpg|right|thumb|Glynde Place]]
Morley was the son of William Morley of [[Glynde Place]] and his wife Margaret Robarts, daughter of William Robarts of Warbleton.<ref name=Archives>[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=179-glynde_2&cid=0#0 National Archives - The Glynde Place Archives]</ref> He was a citizen of the [[City of London]] and a member of the [[Worshipful Company of Skinners]].<ref name=Alder>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=67241  : 'Chronological list of aldermen: 1601-1650', The Aldermen of the City of London: Temp. Henry III - 1912 (1908), pp. 47-75. Date accessed: 16 July 2011]</ref>
In 1621, Morley was elected [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Bramber (UK Parliament constituency)|Bramber]] and was re-elected MP for Bramber in 1624.<ref name=Willis>{{Cite Notitia Parliamentaria|converted=1|part=2|pages=229–239}}</ref> Also on 27 May 1625 Morley became an alderman for Dowgate in the City of London.<ref name=Alder/> He was elected MP for [[New Shoreham (UK Parliament constituency)|New Shoreham]] in 1628 and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.<ref name=Willis/> Morley was [[High Sheriff of Sussex]] and [[High Sheriff of Surrey]] in 1631.<ref name=Willis/>
Morley married in 1614, Susanna Hodgson, daughter and heiress of Thomas Hodgson, of Framfield.<ref name=Archives/>
==References==
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| title=[[Member of Parliament]] for [[Bramber (UK Parliament constituency)|Bramber]]
| before=  [[Sir John Leeds]]
| before2= [[Henry Shelley (1582-1644)|Henry Shelley]]
| with=  [[Sir Thomas Bowyer, 1st Baronet|(Sir) Thomas Bowyer]]
| years=1621–1624
| after= [[Sir Thomas Bowyer, 1st Baronet|(Sir) Thomas Bowyer]]
| after2= [[Walter Barttelot (MP for Bramber)|Walter Barttelot]]
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| before=  [[John Alford (MP)|John Alford]]
| before2= [[William Marlott]]
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| title=[[Member of Parliament]] for [[New Shoreham (UK Parliament constituency)|New Shoreham]]
| with=  [[William Marlott]]
| years=1628–1629
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{{s-non| reason= [[Personal Rule|Parliament suspended until 1640]]}}
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[[Category:High sheriffs of Sussex]]
[[Category:Aldermen of the City of London]]