Emily Morrell

Emily Morrell
Born
Emily Alicia Morrell

1854 (1854)
Died1938 (aged 83–84)
Known forMorrell's Brewing Company, wealthy landowner
SpouseHerbert Morrell

Emily Morrell (1854 – 1938) was a British land and brewery owner of the Oxford-based Morrell family.

Life

Morrell was born in 1854. Her grandfather was James Morrell, her father was James Morrell, and her mother was Alicia. Her parents owned the Morrells Brewing Company. Her father had inherited Headington Hill Hall which he significantly extended in 1856 and 1858 resulting in an Italianate mansion designed by architect John Thomas.[1]

George Herbert Morrell, her husband

1863 saw the death of her father, and her mother Alicia died the following year, leaving the brewery and the family's estates, including the hall, to their then ten-year-old daughter, Emily. Her inheritance was put under the control of three trustees who managed the lands and businesses on her behalf. The trustees tried to deal with Emily's crush on a distant cousin by sending her away to an aunt and forbidding any communication between the pair.[2]

She and her third cousin George Herbert Morrell were eventually married when she was 20. They lived at Headington Hill Hall. The pair threw lavish parties, one of which included 300 guests—Oscar Wilde among them. Wilde turned up dressed as the Prince Regent[3] in 1878. Wilde was said to be so thrilled by the hired outfit that he bought it outright.[4]

In 1891, the aunt who had taken her in as a child, Emily Stone, died and she added to Morrell's fortune by leaving her nearly £90,000. She also instructed that a £1000 should be invested and the interest each year was to be used to buy coal for the poor. George Herbert Morrell administered the charity until he died in 1906, at which time Emily took over. The charity would outlive her, lasting for 114 years.[5]

She and George Herbert Morrell had two sons. James Morrell III took over the brewery in 1926 after he convinced the trustees that he would be more successful than their default decision, which was to sell.[2]

Morrell died in 1938.[6]

References

  1. ^ Headington Hill Hall (Oxford Brookes University) Archived 2013-08-18 at the Wayback Machine, Headington, Oxford.
  2. ^ a b "Last orders for brewing legend". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  3. ^ Gide, André (1905). Oscar Wilde: A Study from the French of André Gide. Hollywell Press. p. 3.
  4. ^ "© POL.it 2002 FORUM LOU SALOME' / DOCUMENTO". www.priory.com. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  5. ^ Brodie, Michael. "The Stone Coal Charity" (PDF).
  6. ^ "Morrell, Emily Alicia (1854–1938)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/48815. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 23 April 2021. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)

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