Samuel Morley (bishop) explained

The Rt Rev Samuel Morley was Bishop of Tinnevelly at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.^[1]

He was born in 1841 into a musical family: a younger brother Felix W. Morley (died August 1915), was organist of Pembroke College, Cambridge^[2] and conductor of the Cambridge Musical Society.^[3] Another, Frederick Morley (c. 1850–1929), was an organist and music teacher in Sydney, Australia; his son F. Barron Morley was a celebrated pianist.^[4] Morley was himself a capable violinist.^[2]

He was educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge.^[5] After curacies at Ilkeston and Sandgate,^[6] he emigrated to India as a CMS missionary, eventually becoming Domestic Chaplain to the Bishop of Madras before his elevation to the episcopate in 1896.^[7] He retired in 1903 and died twenty years later on 6 November 1923.^[8]

Notes and References

1. [The Times]
2. News: A Veteran Organist . . 12930 . New South Wales, Australia . 19 October 1920 . 14 June 2024 . 5 . National Library of Australia.
3. News: A Musician's Tour . . 23,025 . New South Wales, Australia . 30 October 1911 . 15 June 2024 . 11 . National Library of Australia.
4. News: Sydney Pianist's Remarkable Success . . 7128 . 934 . New South Wales, Australia . 25 November 1911 . 15 June 2024 . 15 . National Library of Australia.
5. [Who's Who|“Who was Who”]
6. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
7. Book: [[Richard Malden|Malden Richard (ed)]] . Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn) . London . The Field Press. 1062. 1920 .
8. Deaths: Rt. Rev. S Morley Church Of South India Thursday, 8 November 1923; pg. 1; Issue 43493; col A