Alonzo Morphy

Alonzo Michael Morphy (November 23, 1798 – November 22, 1856)[1] was a lawyer serving as Attorney General of Louisiana from 1828 to 1830, and a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from August 31, 1839 to March 19, 1846.

[2][3][4] Born in Charleston, South Carolina,[4] Morphy was of Spanish and Irish ancestry.

Morphy moved to Louisiana, and read law under Edward Livingston.

[4] Morphy married Louise Thérèse Félicité Thelcide Le Carpentier, the musically talented daughter of a prominent French Creole family.

[5] His son, Paul Morphy, is considered one of the greatest chess players of all time.