William Morley (1606–1658)

Sir William Morley, JP (1606 – 1658) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1626 and 1642.

He was returned to Parliament for Guildford in February 1626; Richard Shilton, who had originally been elected, had chosen to take another seat.

[1] He did not return to Parliament at the end of his term, but remained a politically active figure, sitting as a commissioner on a number of bodies in Hampshire, Surrey and Sussex.

He was succeeded by his son William, whose daughter and heiress Mary married James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby.

[1] He is sometimes confused with an uncle of the same name, who studied at Christ Church, Oxford and was living in Chichester by 1605.