Nicholas Morse (d. 28 May 1772) was the great-grandson of the British statesman and revolutionary Oliver Cromwell and served as the last President of Madras before French occupation of Fort St George and its surroundings in 1746. Morse's Presidency was short and uneventful and was characterized by hostilities between the English and the French. This hostilities culminated in 1746 by the occupation of Madras by the French under La Bordannais ending Morse's short tenure. Morse's daughter Emilia was married to Henry Vansittart, Governor of Bengal from 1759 to 1764. Nicholas Morse is buried in St Mary's Church in Madras.[1] A website on slave trade has named Nicholas Morse along with another Governor of Fort St George William Gyfford as a prominent slave-trader. [2]
External links
- http://www.thepeerage.com/p13094.htm#i130933
- http://tamilelibrary.org/teli/chennai2.html
- List of people buried at Fort St.George
- A document on slave trade
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