Morley

(John), English writer and statesman, b. Black burn, 24 Dec. 1838, educated at Oxford. Among his fellow students was J.C. Morison. He contributed to The Leader and the Saturday Review , edited the Morning Star , and the Fortnightly Review , ’67–82, in which appeared the germs of most of his works, such as On Compromise , Voltaire , ’72; Rou eau , ’73; Diderot and the Encyclopædists ’78. During his editorship important Free thought papers appeared in that review. From May, ’80 till Aug. ’83 he edited the Pall Mall Gazette . Upon the death of Ashton Dilke, M.P., he was elected to Parliament for Newcastle, and in Feb. ’86 was appointed by Mr. Gladstone Chief Secretary for Ireland.