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| STORER, ANTONY MORRIS. Adm. Fell.-Com. at CORPUS CHRISTI, Dec. 27, 1764. Of Jamaica . [Elder s. of Thomas, of Westmorland , Jamaica , and of Golden Square, Westminster (and Helen, dau. of Colonel Guthrie). B. Mar. 12, 1746. School, Eton.] Adm. at the Middle Temple, June 5, 1762. M.P. for Carlisle, 1774-80; for Morpeth, 1780-4. Major, Oxfordshire Militia. Travelled in America with Lord Carlisle, 1778-9. Commissioner of the Board of Trade, 1781-2. Secretary of the Legation in Paris, 1783, and later, plenipotentiary. Collector and man of fashion; also a musician. 'The best dancer and skater of his time...beating all his competitors at gymnastics.' 'A man whose singular felicity it was to excell in everything he put his hand to.' F.S.A. 1777. Purchased Purley Park, Berkshire , and expended a large sum on its improvement. J.P. for Berkshire . Died, unmarried, June 28, 1799, at Bristol Hotwells, 'of a deep decline' buried at Purley. M.I. Will proved in Jamaica , 1799; left his fortune, 'a good £8,000 a year', to his nephew, his library and collection of prints to Eton College. ( Eton Sch. Lists; Eton Coll. Reg.; D.N.B.; G. Mag., 1799, II. 626 (which gives died July 5); V. L; Oliver, Caribbeana, I. 177; Burke, L.G. ) | Antony Morris STORER Approx. lifespan: 1746–1799 Fell.-Com. Corpus Christi College adm1764:12:27 Of Jamaica Elder s. of Thomas STORER of Westmorland, Jamaica and of Golden Square, Westminster, [ London ] (and Helen dau. of Colonel: Guthrie) b. 1746:03:12 Sch: Eton Adm. at: Middle Temple 1762:06:05 M.P. for: : Carlisle, [ Cumberland ] 1774-80 for Morpeth, [ Northumberland ] 1780-84 Major: Oxfordshire Militia. Travelled America with Lord Carlisle 1778-79 Commissioner of: : Board of Trade 1781-82 Sec. of: Legation in Paris, [ France ] 1783 and later, plenipotentiary. Collector: and man of fashion; also a musician. 'The best dancer and skater of his time...beating all his competitors at gymnastics.' 'A man whose singular felicity it was to excell in everything he put his hand to.' FSA 1777 . Purchased Purley Park, Purchased Purley, Berkshire and expended a large sum on its improvement. J.P. for: : Berkshire d., unmarried 1799:06:28 at Bristol Hotwells, [ Somerset ] 'of a deep decline' buried Purley, [ Berkshire ] MI Will proved Jamaica 1799 left his fortune, 'a good £ 8,000 a year', to his nephew, his library and collection of prints to Sch: Eton College Eton, [ Buckinghamshire ] ( Eton School Lists; Eton College Reg.; D.N.B.; G. Mag 1799, II. 626 (which gives died 05:07:); V. L; Oliver, Caribbeana, I. 177; Burke, L.G. ) |