# Thomas Baker Morrell

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**Thomas Baker Morrell** [FRSE](/source/FRSE) (4 September 1815 – 15 November 1877) was a British [Episcopalian](/source/Scottish_Episcopal_Church) minister who served as Bishop of Edinburgh.

## Life

He was born in 1815, the fifth son of Baker Morrell (1779–1854) of Oxford and his wife, Mary Elizabeth Chapman, daughter of Rev Joseph Chapman.[1] He studied divinity at [Oxford University](/source/Oxford_University), graduating BA in 1836 and MA in 1839.[2]

He went to [Chester](/source/Chester) as a deacon in 1839 and became a priest the following year. In 1840 he moved back to Oxford as a curate and in 1847 went to [St George's Church, Kidderminster](/source/St_George's_Church,_Kidderminster). In 1852 he became rector of [Henley-on-Thames](/source/Henley-on-Thames). On [Candlemas](/source/Candlemas) 1863 (2 February), he was consecrated a bishop by [Robert Eden](/source/Robert_Eden_(bishop)), [Bishop of Moray and Ross](/source/Bishop_of_Moray_and_Ross) and [Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church](/source/Primus_of_the_Scottish_Episcopal_Church), at [St Paul's, Edinburgh](/source/Old_St_Paul's,_Edinburgh), to serve as [bishop coadjutor](/source/Bishop_coadjutor) of the [Diocese of Edinburgh](/source/Diocese_of_Edinburgh), to assist [Charles Terrot](/source/Charles_Terrot_(bishop)), [Bishop of Edinburgh](/source/Bishop_of_Edinburgh).[3] Morrell did not seek election to the diocesan See upon Terrot's retirement in 1869,[4] but resigned his own bishopric the same year.[5] This may have been because he had been arrested, convicted and then acquitted that year in Nuremberg for a sexual encounter on Haller Meadow with two teenage boys.[6]

In 1865 he was elected a fellow of the [Royal Society of Edinburgh](/source/Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh), his proposer being Sir [David Brewster](/source/David_Brewster).[7] He lived in the Bishops House on the corner of Greenhill Gardens and Strathearn Place.[8]

## Publications

- *Psalms and Hymns Composed by T B Morrell* (1864)

## References

1. Tom and Jodie Payne. ["Baker Morrell (1779-1854)"](http://members.iglou.com/tpayne/Baker_Morrell.htm). Members.iglou.com. Retrieved 2020-02-29.

1. The Christian Remembrancer 1836

1. Bertie, David (2000-01-01). [*Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000 - Google Books*](https://books.google.com/books?id=Ceey5RQHgHoC&pg=PA376). ISBN 9780567087461. Retrieved 2020-02-29.

1. Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, 'Argonauticus: Zastrow und die Urninge', §69, P131

1. [*Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783 – 2002*](https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X.

1. Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1868

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