Richard Morris

Richard Morris (2 February 1703 – December 1779) was a Welsh writer and editor, a younger brother of Lewis Morris.

Life Morris was born in Penrhos Lugwy, Anglesey, one of four notable brothers whose surviving correspondence is a valuable record of the time. They were brought up by Morris Prichard and Margaret Owen. The brothers were writers and collectors of literature and patrons of the contemporary poet Goronwy (or Gronwy) Owen.

Richard Morris set off for London on 1 August 1722, and only ever returned to Anglesey once.

In 1734 Richard got into difficulty after standing surety for a friend who went bankrupt; as a result he spent some time in the King's Bench Prison. on behalf of Thomas Pennant, who shared his profits with the Welsh charity school in Clerkenwell, London. He had a house in Stepney, but in 1763 he moved his family to the precincts of the Tower of London, close to where his office was. Parry and Morris worked closely together in the Department of Foreign Accounts. His son, Richard, was involved in the posthumous publication of Lewis Morris's Celtic Remains.

Death and legacy After long service, Morris was able to retire, and he died at the Tower of London in 1779. William Parry was named as the executor of his will, but predeceased him.

Richard Morris was buried at the church of St George in the East, alongside his third wife Elizabeth and some of their children. He left his collection of manuscripts to the Welsh School and they were later given to the British Library.