Sir Nicholas Morice, 2nd Baronet

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| office1 = Member of Parliament for Newport

| term1 = 1702-1726

| party = Tory

| birth_date = {{birth year|1681}}

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| death_date = 27 January {{death year and age|1726|1681}}

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| education = Exeter College, Oxford

| father = William Morice

| spouse = {{marriage|Catherine Herbert|1704}}

| children = 3, including William

| relatives = William Morice (grandfather)

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Sir Nicholas Morice, 2nd Baronet (1681–27 January 1726) of Werrington Park (then in Devon but now in Cornwall) was an English politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1702 to 1726.

Early life

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Morice was the eldest surviving son of Sir William Morice, 1st Baronet, MP for Newport, Cornwall and his second wife Elizabeth Reynell, daughter of Richard Reynell of Ogwell Devon. He succeeded his father in the baronetcy in 1690.{{Citation| editor-last=Cokayne| editor-first=George Edward |year=1903 | title= Complete Baronetage volume 3 (1649-1664) | url= https://archive.org/details/cu31924092524390/page/n203 |volume=3| location=Exeter | publisher=William Pollard and Co| access-date = 1 January 2019}} He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford on 14 April 1698, aged 17.{{cite web |url = https://www.british-history.ac.uk/alumni-oxon/1500-1714/pp1026-1049 |title= Mordaunt-Mytton in Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714 pp.1026-1049 | author= Foster, Joseph |publisher= British History Online| access-date = 1 January 2019 }} By a licence dated 21 March 1704, he married Lady Catherine Herbert, the daughter of Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke.

Career

Morice was returned as Member of Parliament for Newport, at the English general elections of 1702 and 1705 and at the British general elections of 1708, 1710 and 1713.{{cite web|title=MORICE,Sir Nicholas, 2nd Bt. (1681-1726), of Werrington, Devon|publisher= History of Parliament Online (1690-1715)|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/morice-sir-nicholas-1681-1726|website=www.historyofparliamentonline.org|access-date=26 September 2017}} He was returned at the 1715 general election as a Tory and consistently opposed the Administration. He was returned again at the 1722 general election.{{cite web| url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/morice-sir-nicholas-1681-1726 | title= MORICE, Sir Nicholas, 2nd Bt. (1681-1726), of Werrington, Devon.| publisher= History of Parliament Online (1715-1754)| access-date = 1 January 2019}}

Death and legacy

Morice died on 27 January 1726. With his wife, he had a son and two daughters. He was succeeded to the baronetcy and Werrington Park by his son Sir William Morice, 3rd Baronet.