Family and Education
b. June 1760, 2nd s. of Richard Moorsom, ‘an extensive ship owner’, of Airyhill, nr. Whitby, Yorks. educ. Rev. Holmes’s sch., Scorton, Yorks. m. 1791, Eleanor, da. of Thomas Scarth of Stakesby, nr. Whitby, 2s. 1da. surv. KCB 2 Jan. 1815.
Offices Held
Midshipman RN 1777, lt. 1784, paid off 1786, capt. 1791; col. marines 1808 – 10; r.-adm. 1810, v.-adm. 1814; c.-in-c. Chatham 1824 – 27; adm. 1830.
Priv. sec. to first ld. of Admiralty June 1807 – Mar. 1809; ld. of Admiralty Mar. 1809 – July 1810; surveyor-gen. of Ordnance July 1810 – Mar. 1820.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: 21 Upper Brompton Row, Mdx.; Cosgrove Priory, nr. Northampton.
Volume
Commons 1790-1820
Web Title
MOORSOM, Robert (1760-1835)
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Oxford 1644
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