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Samuel Morley, MP, industrialist and politician, 1882. Morley (1809-1886) was the owner of a large and profitable woollen manufacturing business which employed thousands of workers in the East Midlands. Regarded as a model employer, Morley was also an active philanthropist. Politically a Liberal and a strong supporter of Gladstone, he was first elected to Parliament as member for Nottingham in 1865. From 1868-1885 he represented one of the Bristol constituencies.