MORLANCOURT 



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by rly. E.N.E. of Brest, and 4 m. 

 from "the sea. The tidal river allows 

 of a small harbour, and there is 

 trade in grain, vegetables, dairy 

 produce, horses, etc , and a tobacco 

 factory in the town. A branch 

 rly. runs to Roscoff and other 

 coastal villages. The 16th century 

 church of S. Melaine has inter- 

 esting carvings. Pop. 15,300. 



Morlancourt. Village of France 

 in the dept. of Somme. It lies 12m. 

 W. by N. of Amiens, slightly S. of 

 Albert, and 1 m. S.E. of Ville-sur- 

 Ancre. Taken by the Germans in 

 their thrust for Amiens in March, 

 1918, it was the scene of local fight- 

 ing in May- Aug. of that year until 

 captured in the battle of Amiens, 

 Aug. 8. It has been "adopted" 

 by Folkestone. See Amiens, Battle 

 of ; Somme, Battles of the. 



Morland, GEORGE (1763-1804). 

 British painter. Born in London, 

 June 26, 1763, he was instructed 

 ________ by his father, 



H. R. Morland, 

 and influenced 

 by George 

 Stubbs, the 

 animal painter. 

 He exhibited 

 many pictures 

 at the R.A. 

 from 1773 to 

 1804, and at 

 the Society of 

 Artists, 1777-82, almost wholly sub- 

 jects of a domestic nature and 

 country scenes with animals. He 

 painted with great facility, but his 

 loose mode of life involved him in 

 constant financial difficulties, and 

 he died in a sponging-house in Lon- 

 don, Oct. 27, 1804. His master- 

 piece, The Inside of a Stable, 

 painted in 1791, is in the National 

 Gallery, London. Others include 

 Dancing Dogs, of which 500 en- 

 graved copies were sold in a few 

 weeks. See Engraving ; consult 

 also Life and Works, G. C William 

 son, 1904. 



Morland, SIR THOMAS LETH- 

 BRIDGE NAPIER (1865-1925). British 

 soldier. Born Aug. 9, 1865, he joined 

 the King 's 

 Royal Rifles, 

 1884, and by 

 1904 was lieu- 

 tenant-colonel. 

 Attached t o 

 the W. African 

 Frontier Force 

 in 1898, he 

 fought with it 

 in Nigeria, and 

 in 1905 was 

 made its in- LantHer 



speotor-general. In 1910 he was 

 at the head of the 2nd brigade at 

 Aldershot, and on the outbreak of 

 the Great War was appointed to 

 command the 2nd division of 



George Morland. 

 British painter 



Sir Thomas Morland, 

 British general 



George Morland. Horses in a Stable ; a characteristic example oi the artist's 

 treatment of animal life, now in South Kensington Museum 



London Territorials, but in Oct. he 

 went to France to take command of 

 the 5th division. He led the 10th 

 corps at the battle of the Somme. 

 He commanded the 13th corps in 

 the final British battles of Nov., 

 1918, was commander-in-chief of 

 the British army of the Rhine, 

 1920-1922, and at Aldershot, 1922- 

 23. He died May 21, 1925. 



Morlanwelz. Town of Belgium, 

 in the prov. of Hainault. It lies on 

 the river Haine, 15 m. E. of Mons, 

 and is a busy industrial town with 

 foundries and rly. workshops, and 

 coal mines in the neighbourhood. 

 The Germans occupied it during 

 the Great War. Pop. 8,200. 



Morley. Mun. borough of 

 Yorkshire (W.R.). It is 4 m. from 

 Leeds, with stations on the G.N. 

 and L. & N.W. 

 rlys. S. Peter's 

 church is 

 modern, and 

 there is a 

 modern town 

 hall. The in- 

 dustries include 

 the manufacture 

 of woollen 

 goods. H. H. Asquith was born 

 here. Mentioned in Domesday, 

 Morley was a village until the 

 industrial developments of the 

 19th century. It became a cor- 

 porate town in 1885. Near is 

 Howley Hall, long the seat of the 

 Saviles. Market days, Fri. and 

 Sat. Pop. (1921) 23,935. 



Morley, ARNOLD (1849-1916). 

 British politician. Born Feb. 18, 

 1849, the fourth son of Samuel 

 Morley, M.P., merchant and phil- 

 anthropist, he graduated at Trinity 

 College, Cambridge, and was called 

 to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1873. 

 M.P. for Nottingham, 1880-85, he 



Arnold Morley. 

 British politician 



ElUottA Fry 



Morley arms 



gained further experience by acting 

 as counsel for the home office. 

 From 1885-95 he represented E. 

 Nottingham, being chosen chief 

 whip of the 

 Liberal party, 

 then in oppo- 

 sition, in 1886, 

 and in 1892 

 he entered the 

 Cabinet as 

 postmaster- 

 general. In 

 1895 he lost 

 his seat for E. 

 N o 1 1 i ngham, 

 and made no 

 further attempt to enter Parlia- 

 ment. He died Jan. 16, 1916. 



Morley, HENRY (1822-94). Brit- 

 ish man of letters. Born in London, 

 Sept. 15, 1822, the son of a doctor, 

 he was edu- 

 cated at Neu- 

 wied, Ger- 

 many, and 

 King's College, 

 London. He 

 settled in Lon- 

 don in 1851, 

 and became as- 

 sociated with 

 Household 

 Words, All the 

 Year Round, 

 and The Examiner, of which 

 he was editor, 1859-64. In 1865 

 he became professor of literature 

 at University College, and in 

 1878 filled a similar position at 

 Queen's College. He was principal 

 of University Hall, Gordon Square, 

 1882-90, and died May 14, 1894. 



Generally sound in his criticism, 

 he was an excellent teacher. He 

 edited several libraries, including 

 Morley's Universal and Cassell's 

 National, which did a great deal 



