The Rt Rev Samuel Morley was Bishop of Tinnevelly at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.The Times, Friday, 21 February 1896; pg. 11; Issue 34819; col E Ecclesiastical Intelligence
He was born in 1841 into a musical family: a younger brother Felix W. Morley (died August 1915), was organist of Pembroke College, Cambridge and conductor of the Cambridge Musical Society. Another, Frederick Morley (c. 1850–1929), was an organist and music teacher in Sydney, Australia; his son F. Barron Morley was a celebrated pianist. Morley was himself a capable violinist.
He was educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge.“Who was Who”1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 After curacies at Ilkeston and Sandgate,"The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889 he emigrated to India as a CMS missionary, eventually becoming Domestic Chaplain to the Bishop of Madras before his elevation to the episcopate in 1896. He retired in 1903 and died twenty years later on 6 November 1923.Deaths: Rt. Rev. S Morley Church Of South India Thursday, 8 November 1923; pg. 1; Issue 43493; col A
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