Morley is a setting for David Peace's "Red Riding Quartet" novel and 2009 television series which explore West Yorkshire police corruption during the 1970s, and 1980s. "Emmerdale" often use Morley for filming court and wedding scenes in the town hall.
Filmography
Morley, West Yorkshire
Morley, West Yorkshire | Filmography
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at the beginning of world war i great britain
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Great Britain was a leading Allied Power during the First World War
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who was the prime minister of u.k. then?
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H. H. Asquith
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which political party did he represent?
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Liberal Party
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where was he born?
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Morley, in the West Riding of Yorkshire
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who all were there in his family?
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Joseph Dixon Asquith his father,  Emily his mother. The couple also had three daughters, of whom only one survived infancy.
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what did he start his career as?
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After his graduation in 1874, Asquith spent several months coaching Viscount Lymington, the 18-year-old son and heir of the Earl of Portsmouth. He found the experience of aristocratic country-house life agreeable.
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were women able to cast their votes then?
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Asquith had opposed votes for women as early as 1882, and he remained well known as an adversary throughout his time as prime minister.
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what were his leisure time activities?
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Reading the classics, poetry and a vast range of English literature consumed much of his time. Travelling, often to country houses owned by members of Margot's family, was almost constant, Asquith being a devoted "weekender".
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had he been a part of any notable events?
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Failures in both the East and the West began a tide of events that was to overwhelm Asquith's Liberal Government.  By the resignation of Admiral Fisher after continuing disagreements with Churchill and in frustration at the disappointing developments in Gallipoli.
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when did he resign?
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when did he die?
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15 February 1928
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who was his descendant?
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Among his living descendants are his great-granddaughter, the actress Helena Bonham Carter (b. 1966), and two great-grandsons, Dominic Asquith, British High Commissioner to India since March 2016, and Raymond Asquith, 3rd Earl of Oxford and Asquith, who inherited Asquith's earldom.
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were any movies filmed in his birthplace?
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Morley is a setting for David Peace's "Red Riding Quartet" novel and 2009 television series which explore West Yorkshire police corruption during the 1970s, and 1980s. "Emmerdale" often use Morley for filming court and wedding scenes in the town hall.
Morley, West Yorkshire | Filmography
His brother arbitrarily picked the name "Morley" and Peter followed suit. The Morley brothers fought with the 8th Hussars, a British tank regiment, towards the end of the war. Morley became a naturalised British citizen in June 1947.
Peter Morley (filmmaker) | Early years
Sheridan Morley was born in Ascot, Berkshire, in a nursing home opposite Ascot Racecourse, the eldest son of actor Robert Morley and grandson via his mother Joan, of the actress Dame Gladys Cooper. He was named after Sheridan Whiteside, the title role his father was playing in a long-running production of "The Man Who Came to Dinner" at the Savoy Theatre in London. He had close family connections with stars of the stage: in addition to his father and his maternal grandmother, his aunt married actor Robert Hardy, and Joanna Lumley was a cousin. His godparents were dramatist Sewell Stokes and actor Peter Bull; Morley's son Hugo was one of Noël Coward's many godchildren.
Sheridan Morley | Early life
Morley was born in Salford, Lancashire, England.
Chris Morley | Background
The constituency was created when the two-member Southern West Riding of Yorkshire constituency was divided by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election. It was abolished for the 1918 general election, when it was partly replaced by the new Batley and Morley constituency.
Morley (UK Parliament constituency) | History
Morley was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Morley in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
Morley (UK Parliament constituency) | Introduction
Morley grew up in Wargrave in Berkshire, and in Hollywood and New York, where his father was working. His father placed an advertisement in "The Times", seeking a suitable school for his son: "Father with horrible memories of own schooldays at Wellington is searching for a school for his son, where the food matters as much as the education and the standards are those of a good three-star seaside hotel."
Sheridan Morley | Early life
General Election 1914/15: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
Morley (UK Parliament constituency) | Elections in the 1910s
Morley was born in Salford, Greater Manchester, England.
Adrian Morley | Background
Peter Morley, OBE (26 June 1924 – 23 June 2016) was a German-born British television producer and documentary filmmaker. As a nine-year-old child, he fled Nazi Germany with his elder siblings and moved to England, where he lived until his death. He made several documentaries about the Holocaust, winning several awards, both in Britain and abroad.
Peter Morley (filmmaker) | Introduction
In the summer of 1935, crowd scenes were filmed in the mining village Featherstone in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Two hundred unemployed coal miners were hired as extras. Players from Featherstone Rovers and Huddersfield were used in the rugby scenes.
Where's George? (film) | Shooting
Morley was born in Hong Kong to English and Chinese parents and interned in Stanley Internment Camp during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong between 1941 and 1945, when he was released and emigrated to the United Kingdom with his family. He studied at Twickenham Art School for three years, and spent time as a painter in Paris in the 1950s. Perhaps best known for his photographs of Christine Keeler and Joe Orton, Morley began his career with assignments for magazines such as "Tatler". He was also a successful theatre photographer for over 100 West End productions. His publicity photographs for the "Beyond The Fringe" revue (1961) included a study of the cast Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Alan Bennett and Jonathan Miller which was used for the best selling LP Cover of the show.
Lewis Morley | Biography
Morley was born in Farnham, Surrey, and moved with his family to Reddish, Stockport, before starting school. He was educated at Stockport Grammar School, at the time a direct grant grammar school, and the Royal Academy of Music. In his later teenage years, he would travel to London "in search of music, and new experience".
Paul Morley | Early life
In 1892 he was elected as Liberal MP for Morley, in the West Riding of Yorkshire at the General Election. The seat had been Liberal since it was created in 1885 and remained so until it was abolished in 1918. In 1910 he retired from the House, not contesting the January General Election.
Alfred Hutton (politician) | Politics
Natives of the town refer to themselves as Morleians. Notable Morleians include:
Morley, West Yorkshire | Notable people
He was Assistant Minister of Public Works from 1928 until his death in Brighton in 1929.
Edward Morley (politician) | Introduction
Morley and Leeds South (often known as Leeds South and Morley) was a borough constituency in West Yorkshire, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until it was abolished for the 1997 general election.
Morley and Leeds South (UK Parliament constituency) | Introduction
Robert Morley (20 June 1863 – 16 February 1931) was a British trade unionist and politician. Born in Knaresborough, then in the West Riding of Yorkshire, Morley moved with his family to Copley when he was ten. There, he began working half-time at Edward Akroyd's worsted mill, while continuing his education. However, he later completed an apprenticeship as an iron moulder in Halifax. He became prominent in the Friendly Society of Iron Founders (FSIF), and was also active in his local Liberal Party. Early in the 1890s, Morley became convinced of socialism. He was elected as the secretary of the Halifax Labour Union, then as the first secretary of the local branch of the Independent Labour Party.
Robert Morley (trade unionist) | Introduction
Morley was born in Fulham in 1899, and educated at Battersea Grammar School, before joining the Harrison-Rennie Line as an apprentice.
Norman Morley | Early life
Morley was born in Semley, Wiltshire, England, the son of Gertrude Emily (née Fass) and Robert Wilton Morley, a major in the British Army. His mother came from a German family that had emigrated to South Africa. Morley attended Wellington College, Berkshire, which he hated, followed by RADA. As he was a famous "Old Wellingtonian", generations of headmasters tried to contact him, without success, with Morley stating "the only reason for me visiting Wellington would be to burn it down".
Robert Morley | Early life
Morley is appointed Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, requiring a by-election.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne (UK Parliament constituency) | Elections in the 1890s
The Batley and Morley by-election, 1939 was a parliamentary by-election held in the United Kingdom on 9 March 1939 for the House of Commons constituency of Batley and Morley in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
1939 Batley and Morley by-election | Introduction
Balls narrowly lost the seat at the 2015 general election to Conservative Andrea Jenkyns. A town council was established in 2000, though it does not cover Drighlington, Gildersome, Tingley and East and West Ardsley - areas formerly part of the municipal borough. Following a review of parliamentary representation in West Yorkshire, the Morley and Rothwell parliamentary constituency was abolished at the
Morley, West Yorkshire | Governance
Hirst was born in Morley, Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, and he died in Ossett, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.
Kenneth Hirst | Background
Robert Morley (1908–1992) was an English actor. Robert Morley may also refer to:
Robert Morley (disambiguation) | Introduction
Morley first stood for Parliament at the Blackburn by-election in 1869, a rare double by-election held after an election petition led to the results of the 1868 general election in Blackburn being voided. He was unsuccessful in Blackburn, and also failed to win a seat when he contested the City of Westminster at the 1880 general election. Morley was then elected as Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle upon Tyne at a by-election in February 1883.
John Morley | Political career
When BBC television returned after the war, Morley resumed his pre-war responsibilities, producing "Picture Page" and a wide range of drama, both classic, such as "Pygmalion" and "King Lear", and modern works by Thornton Wilder, Eugene O'Neill, Luigi Pirandello, Jean Cocteau and others. His own play, "The Guilty Party" was broadcast in 1953. In addition to directing, Morley was also a trainer. The BBC was interested in recruiting potential directors from people with a theatrical background, and among those who comprised what became known as "Morley's Army" were Kenneth Tynan, Tony Richardson and Peter Cotes.
Royston Morley | Life and career
This was a safe Labour seat during the three parliaments of its existence. The former Home Secretary Merlyn Rees was the MP from 1983 to 1992.
Morley and Leeds South (UK Parliament constituency) | History
Joseph Harrop (17 September 1867 - 6 July 1936) was an English mill owner and mayor of Morley, West Yorkshire.
Joseph Harrop | Introduction
Charles Morley (27 November 1847 – 27 October 1917), was a British Liberal Party politician.
Charles Morley (Liberal politician) | Introduction
Born Peter Meyer to Jewish parents, Alice and Willy Meyer, a wholesaler and exporter in Germany, he fled the Nazis in 1933 at the age of nine with his brother Tommy and his sister (future "Registrar" of the Warburg Institute and literary executor of Arnaldo Momigliano). His parents had already decided the family should leave Germany, but when Adolf Hitler was made chancellor of Germany, plans were put into action. His parents learned that the Landschulheim Herrlingen, a progressive, co-educational school in Ulm was moving to England and he and his siblings were accepted. Arriving in England, he and his siblings attended the Bunce Court School in Otterden, Kent.
Peter Morley (filmmaker) | Early years
Morley was a local government district in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Apart from the town of Morley, it included Churwell (a separate Local Government District until 1891), East Ardsley (or Ardsley East), West Ardsley, Drighlington and Gildersome (urban districts absorbed in 1937). Morley was incorporated as a borough in 1885.
Municipal Borough of Morley | Introduction
Ward was born in Dewsbury, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, and he lived in a bungalow in Wyke, Bradford.
Ernest Ward | Background
He was born in Clinton, Massachusetts, in 1932 and attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Dick Morley | Biography
Thomas Morley (1513–1559), of Glynde, Sussex, was an English politician. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Arundel in March 1553.
Thomas Morley (1513–1559) | Introduction
Morley was a confirmed supporter of Margaret Thatcher and also had political ambition. A resident of Herne Hill, he nearly won in the 1979 general election, reducing the 7,500 majority of Labour's Sam Silkin to a mere 122 in Dulwich, south London, having previously stood in the October 1974 election, where the Conservative vote fell by 2.1%.
Eric Morley | Politics
Manchester was portrayed by actor Robert Morley in the 1970 film "Cromwell". He is inaccurately depicted sitting in the House of Commons in Cromwell's presence although he had been a member of the Lords since 1626.
Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester | Film portrayal
The job did eventually lead to a job in film editing and a union card. Morley became a television producer in England, working for Yorkshire Television in television's infancy. Programmes were turned around quickly, from inception to production and broadcast. In February 1959, Morley and former Fleet Street journalist Cyril Bennett interviewed Paula Hitler, as well as Hitler's adjutant, chauffeur and pilot, the only interviews they ever gave. At that time, with much of Germany and London still in ruins from the war, neither Morley nor Bennett had ever seen a programme about Hitler. The interview with Hitler's sister was included in "Tyranny: The Years of Adolf Hitler", which was seen by 10 million people.
Peter Morley (filmmaker) | Career
H. Asquith (born in Morley), who served as the Liberal Prime Minister of the United Kingdom between 1908 and 1916. The actress Lena Headey, who was born in Bermuda, grew up in Shelley from the age of five.
Huddersfield | Notable people
Batley and Morley was a parliamentary constituency centred on the towns of Batley and Morley in West Yorkshire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election. It was then replaced by the seats of Batley and Spen & Morley and Leeds South.
Batley and Morley (UK Parliament constituency) | Introduction
Dilke's resignation caused a by-election. Morley was appointed Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, requiring a by-election.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne (UK Parliament constituency) | Elections in the 1880s
Ralph Morley (25 October 1882 – 14 June 1955) was a Labour politician in the United Kingdom. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1929 to 1931, and from 1945 until his death. Born in Chichester, Morley was educated privately, then at University College Southampton, before becoming a schoolteacher. He joined the Social Democratic Federation, and served as the secretary of its Southampton branch from 1908 until 1913, but later moved to the Independent Labour Party. He was also president of Southampton Trades Council in 1911 and 1920, and was active in the Southampton Class Teachers' Association and the National Union of Teachers.
Ralph Morley | Introduction
The exterior shots of the early series were filmed in and around East Lancashire, predominantly in the village of Downham, with some at Helmshore and others in the North Yorkshire town of Settle. Two railway scenes were filmed on the East Lancashire Railway and the main railway scenes at Yorkshire's Keighley and Worth Valley Railway.
Born and Bred | Locations
Historically, Morley was the centre of one of two divisions of the wapentake of Agbrigg and Morley. Morley became a Municipal Borough in 1889 and under the Local Government Act 1972, was incorporated into the City of Leeds Metropolitan District. Morley is represented on Leeds City Council by three wards (namely Morley North, Morley South and Ardsley and Robin Hood) each with three councillors. At the 2010 general election, Morley and Outwood was won by Ed Balls of the Labour Party, who had been MP for Normanton since 2005, and served as Labour's Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2011 until 2015.
Morley, West Yorkshire | Governance
He was Liberal candidate for the Chorley Division of Lancashire at the January 1910 General Election. In 1936 he was appointed a Governor of the British Film Institute. In 1939 he was adopted as Liberal prospective parliamentary candidate for the East Toxteth Division of Liverpool. The constituency had been safe for the Conservatives during the 1930s, even without a Labour candidate to split the anti-Tory vote. By 1939 there was again no Labour candidate selected. A General Election was anticipated to take place in the Autumn of 1939 but due to the outbreak of war, the election did not take place until the 1945 General Election.
Lyon Blease | Political career
Ernie Woodhead was born in Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire, he was the son of Joseph Woodhead, Liberal Party Member of parliament for Spen Valley, he died aged 87 in Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire.
Ernest Woodhead | Background
He was Liberal candidate for the Somerset East Division at the 1892 General Election but was unable to gain the seat from the Liberal Unionist. He was Liberal candidate for the Breconshire Division at the 1895 General Election in succession to the retiring Liberal MP, William Fuller-Maitland. The constituency had returned Liberals at every election since 1875 and Morley had no trouble holding the seat; At the 1900 General Election he was re-elected at Breconshire, unopposed. He retired from parliament just before the 1906 General Election.
Charles Morley (Liberal politician) | Political career
He retained this post until 1895, the last year under the premiership of the Earl of Rosebery.
Arnold Morley | Political career
Sir John Morley (c. 1572 – December 1622) of Halnaker, Sussex was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1601 and 1622.
John Morley (died 1622) | Introduction
Clive Pickerill's birth was registered in Wakefield district, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.
Clive Pickerill | Background
Ken Annakin's "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines" was released 16 June 1965. In the British period comedy film, Morley is featured among an international ensemble cast including Stuart Whitman, Sarah Miles, Terry-Thomas, James Fox, Red Skelton, Benny Hill, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Gert Fröbe and Alberto Sordi. The film, revolving around the craze of early aviation circa 1910, is about a pompous newspaper magnate (Morley) who is convinced, by his daughter (Miles) and her fiancé (Fox), to organize an air race from London to Paris. A large sum of money is offered to the winner, hence it attracts a variety of characters who participate.
Robert Morley | Career
Arnold Morley (18 February 1849 – 16 January 1916) was a British barrister and Liberal politician.
Arnold Morley | Introduction
Morley was born in Kidderminster, Worcestershire. His early work for BBC television, beginning in 1937, included a regular slot in Cecil Madden's "Picture Page", a magazine programme of general and topical interest. In 1937 Morley married a BBC colleague, Isa Benzie. They had one daughter. Morley added television drama to his responsibilities, and produced or directed abbreviated versions of plays by Shakespeare, Wilde, Ibsen, John Webster, J.B. Priestley and P.G. Wodehouse among others. In April 1939 he produced a studio presentation of the Sadler's Wells Ballet in "The Rake's Progress". The fledgling television service was taken off the air during the Second World War, and Morley moved to radio, writing as well as producing programmes.
Royston Morley | Life and career
This constituency was created in 1997 and abolished in 2010. It was held for the entire period of its existence by the Labour Party.
Morley and Rothwell (UK Parliament constituency) | History
The Morley Borough Independents (MBI) are a local political party in Leeds, West Yorkshire, founded in 2004. Their stated aim is to represent the interests of the residents of Morley and the former Municipal Borough of Morley on Leeds City Council, arguing they "are not effected by having to tow the party line laid down in Westminster" by national political parties including the Conservative Party, Labour Party and Liberal Democrats.
Morley Borough Independents | Introduction
Morley was the agent of the Radical Member of Parliament Donald Nicoll, who served as Member of Parliament for Frome from 1857 to 1859. Following Nicoll's defeat in the 1859 United Kingdom general election, Morley was caught up in a controversy over a petition, later withdrawn, to have the election result overturned because of "bribery, treating, and undue influence".
Ebenezer Cobb Morley | Political activity
In this role, he worked closely with Mont Blatchford, but often came into conflict with John Lister, the party's national treasurer, who lived locally. He was also a regular speaker at the local Labour Church, and served on Halifax Trades Council.
Robert Morley (trade unionist) | Introduction
Morris was raised in Middlesex (now the London Borough of Hillingdon), and attended the Bishopshalt School. His interest in film began at an early age; during summer vacations, he would work as a projectionist at the local cinema. Dropping out in 1932, he started working in the film industry at Wembley Studios as an unpaid gofer for Michael Powell, among others, eventually graduating to the positions of clapper boy and camera assistant on quota quickies. By his 20s, Morris was a camera operator, first at Wembley, and later at Elstree. His career was interrupted by the Second World War, during which he served as a bomber pilot with the RAF, achieving the rank of flight lieutenant and winning both the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Force Cross.
Oswald Morris | Life and career
Morley was born in Chorley Hospital in Chorley, Lancashire, England. He was the only child born to engineer father Frank Morley and his mother Phyllis Morley. He was educated at St. Peter's Church of England School and Elementary School until the age of twelve and then he attended Ashworth College until he was fifteen. Morley left school with no qualifications. Ken trained as an apprentice mechanic and in September 1963 he enrolled at Alston Hall College where he gained six O Levels and two A Levels. In 1966, he moved to London to become a primary school teacher in Holloway Road.
Ken Morley | Early life
He was part of a family of Liberal politicians; he was the third son of Samuel Morley MP, and older brother to the Rt Hon. Arnold Morley MP. One of his older brothers was the businessman Baron Hollenden. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge (BA 1870; MA 1874).
Charles Morley (Liberal politician) | Background
During the mid-1970s, central parts were a set for Yorkshire Television sitcom, "Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!", starring Bill Maynard.
Skelmanthorpe | Setting for film or television
Following that success, Morley made films on a variety of topics, including an original studio production of Benjamin Britten's opera "The Turn of the Screw", a film about life in post-war Japan, another about the work of members of the London Symphony Orchestra and in 1964, a documentary about racially mixed marriages, a very controversial subject at the time. He went on to direct the BAFTA-winning television coverage of the state funeral of Sir Winston Churchill and the "monumental" television series "The Life and Times of Lord Mountbatten". In 1978, Morley produced the award-winning "Women of Courage" about four women who risked their lives to save others during the Nazi era, Hiltgunt Zassenhaus, a German; Sigrid Helliesen Lund, a Norwegian pacifist; Mary Lindell, an Englishwoman and Maria Rutkiewicz, a Pole.
Peter Morley (filmmaker) | Career
The majority of the district's voters came from the abolished seat of Ballajura. Nearly all of the remainder of district's territory formerly belonged to Yokine and Maylands; a small part also came from Bassendean.
Electoral district of Morley | History
Morley was born in Blackburn, Lancashire, the son of Jonathan Morley, a surgeon, and of Priscilla Mary (née Donkin). He was educated at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Blackburn, Hoole's Academy, University College School, Cheltenham College, and Lincoln College, Oxford. While at Oxford, he quarrelled with his father over religion, and had to leave the University early without an honours degree; his father had wanted him to become a clergyman. He wrote, in obvious allusion to this rift, "On Compromise" (1874).
John Morley | Background and education
Born in Mexborough, West Riding of Yorkshire, Haigh studied drama at the Central School of Speech and Drama, at the time based at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
Kenneth Haigh | Early life
Paul Harkin's birth was registered in Wakefield district, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.
Paul Harkin | Background
Morley was born at 10 Garden Square, Princess Street in Hull to the Reverend Ebenezer Morley, a nonconformist minister, and his wife Hannah (née Cobb). He lived in the city until he was 22. Morley qualified as a lawyer in 1854. In 1858 he moved to the London suburb of Barnes to practise as a solicitor in the capital.
Ebenezer Cobb Morley | Early life
In one of Morley's first job interviews trying to break into the film industry, Sir Arthur Elton told Morley "You will never make a career in the film industry as I cannot detect one spark of talent." Morley faced a problem of needing a union card to get a job, and a job to get a union card. As a result, his first civilian job after the war was as a projectionist, making £5 a week. The job was with the Film Producers Guild, a collective of documentary film companies, and became his introduction to both the process of and people in filmmaking.
Peter Morley (filmmaker) | Career
Wroe was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire. Trained as a woolcomber, after moving to Manchester he became involved in local politics.
James Wroe | Early life
Born in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, Thomas was educated in Bristol and London, and was training in medicine when World War II began. He served four years in the British Army during the war, and upon his return to civilian life thought it too late to continue his medical studies. He began his movie career at Denham Studios, eventually becoming an assistant film editor beginning with Laurence Olivier's "Hamlet" (1948). His editing work included many films directed by his older brother, Ralph Thomas. His own directorial debut was the short film "Circus Friends" (1956), produced by the Children's Film Foundation.
Gerald Thomas | Biography
Wilfred Kent's birth was registered in Wakefield district, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.
Wilfred Kent | Background
Kaye was born in Morley, West Yorkshire, England.
Ben Kaye | Background
In the event the film was only shown at New Party meetings. Mosley also set up a party militia, the "Biff Boys" led by the England rugby captain Peter Howard. The New Party's first electoral contest was at the Ashton-under-Lyne by-election in April 1931. The candidate was Allan Young, and his election agent was Wilfred Risdon. With a threadbare organisation they polled some 16% of the vote, splitting the Labour vote and allowing a Conservative to be returned to the Commons. Two more MPs joined the New party later in 1931—W.E.D. Allen from the Unionists and Cecil Dudgeon from the Liberals.
New Party (UK) | Founding the New Party
At his death on 14 July 1858 he was living on Cork Street. He is buried in Highgate Cemetery.
Atkinson Morley | Death
Apart from his career in national politics Morley was Chairman of Devon County Council and a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant for Devon. He also served as President of the first day of the 1886 Co-operative Congress.
Albert Parker, 3rd Earl of Morley | Political career
William Morley (ca. 1531 – 24 November 1597) was an English politician. He was the eldest son of Thomas Morley of Glynde, Sussex and educated at Cambridge University. He was appointed High Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex for 1580–81. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Lewes in 1571.
William Morley (died 1597) | Introduction
Morley was born in Holborn, London, England. He claimed that his father "was at Oxford and spoke nine languages" but he died young. Morley was 11 when his mother and stepfather died of tuberculosis. He attended Whitstable Grammar School in Kent. London County Council sent him to the Royal Navy training ship HMS Exmouth, which was moored at Grays. Here, he broke bars of chocolate to sell to his peers. He joined the Royal Fusiliers at 14 and played french horn in the band. During the war he became a captain in the Royal Army Service Corps, organising entertainment for the troops and fighting in Dunkirk.
Eric Morley | Life and career
Morley's father-in-law, an influential figure in the town, was presumably responsible for the nomination. He did not return to Parliament at the end of his term, but remained a politically active figure, sitting as commissioner on a number of bodies in Hampshire, Surrey and Sussex. He was appointed High Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex for 1636, and sat as a Justice of the Peace from 1632 to 1644.
William Morley (1606–1658) | Introduction
Fearnley's birth was registered in Bradford district, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.
Stanley Fearnley | Background
Roy Hawksley's birth was registered in Wakefield district, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.
Roy Hawksley | Background
They had three sons including John who was also an MP.
John Morley (died 1587) | Introduction
John Morley (by 1530 – will proven 1565) was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Lewes in November 1554.
John Morley (will proven 1565) | Introduction
Frederick Morley (1 March 1888 – 4 June 1970) was an English professional football inside forward who began his career in England before finishing it in the American Soccer League. He was born in Burslem, England.
Fred Morley (footballer) | Introduction
West was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, the only son of Olive (née Carleton-Crowe) and actor Lockwood West (1905–1989). He was educated at the John Lyon School, Harrow on the Hill, at Bristol Grammar School, where he was a classmate of Julian Glover, and at Regent Street Polytechnic (now the University of Westminster).
Timothy West | Early life and education
They first lived in Hempstead, and then in Queens Village. They then moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and in 1920 they made their final move, to a house they called "Green Escape" in Roslyn Estates, New York. They remained there for the rest of his life. In 1936 he built a cabin at the rear of the property ("The Knothole"), which he maintained as his writing study from then on.
Christopher Morley | Biography
He was educated locally at Plympton Grammar School (which his father's friend the painter Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723–1792) had also attended) within walking distance of Saltram House, and at Christ Church, Oxford.
John Parker, 1st Earl of Morley | Education
He was born in 1847 in Heaton, West Yorkshire, the son of George Morley (1816-1888) and Mary Duffield (1818-1871). He was educated at Leeds Grammar School. He married Annie Brook (1849-1910) on 10 April 1872 in Manningham, Yorkshire and they had eight children: He was articled to the architectural firm of Lockwood and Mawson from 1861 to 1868 and was then the manager of the firm until 1873. He entered into partnership with George Woodhouse in 1883, and after the death of George in the same year, he continued with his son. Later he entered into partnership with his son, Eric Morley (b.
William James Morley | Career
Bedford was born in Morley, West Yorkshire, the son of Ellen ("née" O'Donnell) and Arthur Bedford, a postman. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London from 1952–55. At RADA, he was in the same class as Albert Finney, Alan Bates and Peter O'Toole.
Brian Bedford | Early life
His birth was registered in Sculcoates district, Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
Harold Ellerington | Background
He was the owner of Athelhampton House in Dorset, location of the 1972 film "Sleuth", starring Michael Caine and Laurence Olivier, as well as the 1976 "Doctor Who" serial "The Seeds of Doom".
Robert Cooke (Conservative politician) | Film location owner
The City of Leeds wards of Hunslet, Middleton, Morley North, and Morley South. The constituency was located on the southern outskirts of the City of Leeds and included the town of Morley. The area is now more or less covered by Leeds Central and Morley and Outwood.
Morley and Leeds South (UK Parliament constituency) | Boundaries
William James Morley FRIBA (1847 – 16 March 1930) was an English architect who practised from offices in Bolton, Greater Manchester and Bradford, West Yorkshire.
William James Morley | Introduction
John Marlborough East (1860–1924) was a British stage and film actor. He was an early film star who received over 3,000 votes in "Picturegoer" magazine's 1916 contest to establish the "Greatest British Film Player". He was a founder of the Neptune Studios in Borehamwood, which is today the site of Elstree Studios. However, his career rapidly declined. He made his final picture "Owd Bob" in 1924, and died the same year.
John Marlborough East | Introduction
Jay Morley (July 114, 1890 – November 9, 1976), was an American actor, active in silent films.
Jay Morley | Introduction
Somewhere in between 1986 and 1987 Morley left Stockport and Manchester to live in London. She decided to attend Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design where she studied Fine Art Film. Morley graduated from Central Saint Martins in 1993 with an honours degree in fine art film and video. She did not return to Manchester for twelve years and when she did it was to make her documentary "The Alcohol Years".
Carol Morley | Early life
Morley was born in Leeds, Yorkshire on 10 March 1924 under the name of Walter "Wally" Stott. Morley's father was a watchmaker who played the ukulele-banjo, and the family lived above their jewellery shop. Morley's mother also sang. Morley was a fan of dance music before being able to read the labels on the records, listening notably to Jack Payne and Henry Hall as a child, and began learning the piano at the age of eight on a Challen upright piano. Morley's father died of angina in 1933 at the age of 39, after which the family moved to Swinton and Morley ceased piano lessons.
Angela Morley | Early life and education
Robert Adolph Wilton Morley, CBE (26 May 1908 – 3 June 1992) was an English actor who was usually cast as a pompous English gentleman representing the Establishment, often in supporting roles. In "Movie Encyclopedia", film critic Leonard Maltin describes Morley as "recognisable by his ungainly bulk, bushy eyebrows, thick lips and double chin, ... particularly effective when cast as a pompous windbag." More politely, Ephraim Katz in his "International Film Encyclopaedia" describes Morley as "a rotund, triple-chinned, delightful character player of the British and American stage and screen." In his autobiography, "Responsible Gentleman", Morley said his stage career started with managements valuing his appearance for playing "substantial gentleman" roles — as a doctor, lawyer, accountant or other professional member of society.
Robert Morley | Introduction
Hemingway was born in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England.
Tom Hemingway | Background
A native of Bayonne, New Jersey, Leeds received his training at the Neighborhood Playhouse. He made his film debut with a bit part in "Public Enemies" (1941). He received a scholarship from the John Marshall Law School, which he attended for one year. He also attended The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City. Leeds was noticed by the Group Theater of New York, through which he received a scholarship and graduated.
Peter Leeds | Early life
Morley was born in north London. He had a troubled childhood—after his home was partially blown up by a bomb during World War II, his family was homeless for a time. He recalled that he had constructed a balsawood model of and placed it on his windowsill when the German bomb destroyed the house along with the model. "The shock was so violent," writes one Morley expert, "that Morley repressed this memory until it resurfaced 30 years later during a psychoanalytic session." As a teenager, Morley was sentenced to three years at Wormwood Scrubs prison for housebreaking and petty theft.
Malcolm Morley | Life