Dermot Morrah

Dermot Michael Macgregor Morrah (26 April 1896 – 30 September 1974) was a British journalist for The Times and an expert on the British royal family.

Education Morrah was educated at Winchester College and went to New College, Oxford, where he studied mathematics for a year just before the outbreak of the First World War before enlisting in the British Army and fighting in France. There, he was wounded and returned to Oxford, changed his studies to modern history and gained a first-class degree. He became a Prize Fellow of All Souls College, and shared rooms with T. E. Lawrence. After dating his future wife under the eye of a nun who acted as a chaperone, his marriage forced him to end his Prize Fellowship, as they were required to be single.

Career Morrah was in the Civil Service for six years before joining the editorial staff of the Daily Mail in 1928. A few years later, he joined the editorial staff of The Times, where he worked for 30 years. During this time, he wrote books on Britain's monarchy and its constitution, The Work of the Queen

He was an expert on heraldry and genealogy and a good court historian. He had a friendly relationship with Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.

He was a member of the College of Arms.

Death Morrah died on 30 September 1974, aged 78.