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Name
  
Isaac Morier

Children
  
James Justinian Morier

Grandchildren
  
Greville Morier


Isaac Morier Family Group Sheet for Isaac Morier Elisabeth Clara van Lennep

Died
  
August 17, 1817, Constantinople

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Isaac Morier (1750–1817) was British consul-general of the Levant Company at Constantinople.

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Early life

Isaac Morier was born on 12 August 1750 in Smyrna. He was from a Huguenot family. He was educated at Harrow.

Career

In 1803, he lost his fortune in 1803 and had to work. In 1804, he was appointed the first consul-general of the Levant Company at Constantinople, and on the dissolution of the company in 1806, he became his Britannic majesty's consul. He also became an agent of the East India Company, and held both positions until his death in 1817 from the plague in Constantinople.

Personal life

Morier became a naturalised Englishman. In 1775, he married Clara van Lennep, daughter of the Dutch consul-general and president of the Dutch Levant Company. They had children including:

  • John Philip Morier (1776–1853), diplomat
  • James Justinian Morier (1780-1849), diplomat and novelist
  • David Richard Morier (1784–1877), diplomat
  • William Morier (1790-1864), admiral
  • Death

    He died in 1817.

    References

    Isaac Morier Wikipedia


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