Biography of William Morden aka Harbord 1st Baronet 1696-1770
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Around 1696 William Morden aka Harbord 1st Baronet was born to John Morden and Judith Cropley.
On 04 Feb 1713 William Morden aka Harbord 1st Baronet (age 17) was educated at Caius College, Cambridge University.
In 1726 [his father] John Morden died.
In 1727 William Morden aka Harbord 1st Baronet (age 31) was elected MP Bere Alston.
On 25 Apr 1732 William Morden aka Harbord 1st Baronet (age 36) and Elizabeth Britiffe Lady Harbord were married.
In 1734 William Morden aka Harbord 1st Baronet (age 38) was elected MP Dunwich.
On 26 Jan 1734 [his son] Harbord Morden aka Harbord 1st Baron Suffield was born to William Morden aka Harbord 1st Baronet (age 38) and [his wife] Elizabeth Britiffe Lady Harbord at Harbord Morden Thorpe, Suffolk.
In 1741 William Morden aka Harbord 1st Baronet (age 45) was elected MP Bere Alston.
In 1742 William Morden aka Harbord 1st Baronet (age 46) changed his surname from Morden to Hardbord in line with the conditions of the will of his mother's brother [his uncle] Harbord Cropley aka Harbord (age 67) who had changed his name from Cropley to Harbord in 1710. By changing his name to Harbord William's son [his son] Harbord (age 7), who had been named after his great-uncle became Harbord Harbord,
On 26 Mar 1746 William Morden aka Harbord 1st Baronet (age 50) was created 1st Baronet Harbord of Suffield in Norfolk. [his wife] Elizabeth Britiffe Lady Harbord by marriage Lady Harbord of Suffield in Norfolk.
In 1760 [his son] Harbord Morden aka Harbord 1st Baron Suffield (age 25) and [his daughter-in-law] Mary Assheton Baroness Suffield were married.
On 17 Feb 1770 William Morden aka Harbord 1st Baronet (age 74) died. His son [his son] Harbord Morden aka Harbord 1st Baron Suffield (age 36) succeeded 2nd Baronet Harbord of Suffield in Norfolk. [his daughter-in-law] Mary Assheton Baroness Suffield by marriage Lady Harbord of Suffield in Norfolk.
[his father] John Morden and [his mother] Judith Cropley were married.
Father: John Morden
William Morden aka Harbord 1st Baronet
GrandFather: William Cropley
Mother: Judith Cropley