Charles Morison (MP for Tavistock)

Sir Charles Morrison (or Morison) (1549 – 31 March 1599) was an English politician in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I and heir to the Estate of Cassiobury in Watford, Hertfordshire.

John Throckmorton was granted wardship of the young Charles in 1557, against the wishes of Richard, who had wanted Catherine, Duchess of Suffolk, who shared his religious views.

In 1573 Charles Morrison married Dorothea, daughter of Nicholas Clerke of North Weston, Oxfordshire and widow of Henry Long of Shingay, Cambridgeshire.

Bridget, now dowager Countess of Bedford, Henry, 6th Earl of Kent and Thomas, Lord Grey of Wilton were appointed as legal guardians.

Morrison is surrounded by an ornate canopy and pillars of coloured marble, the family coat of arms, and figures of his son and daughter kneel at either end.

Sir Charles Morrison (the elder), effigy on tomb at St Mary's Church, Watford
Arms of Morrison: Or, on a chief gules three chaplets of the first
The Morrison family tombs are in the Church of St Mary , Watford