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George Morphett (21 May 1811 – 1893) was a settler in the colony of South Australia, a brother of John Morphett. ==History== Morphett was born in London to solicitor Nathaniel Morphett and his wife Mary, ''née'' Gliddon, of "Cummins", Ide, Devon. He travelled to Egypt in 1833 to meet up with brother John; together they toured Egypt and Italy before returning to England. He married Ann Hitchcock in 1835.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Morphett family PRG 239 )〕 He emigrated to South Australia in 1840 on the ''Brightman'', arriving in December 1840, living at North Adelaide, and set a legal practice in the city and returned to England. He returned to South Australia in 1846 on the ''Enmore'', with his wife and three children. Her daughter Adelaide Sturt Morphett, later Henderson, (7 January 1846 – 18 December 1940) was born during the voyage. Adelaide Sturt Morphett is later consistently referred to as the daughter of John Morphett. He was involved in a large number of profitable transactions in the land speculation frenzy that the orderly Adelaide real estate market had become. One was the sale to a consortium of Jewish businessmen, including Morris Lyon Marks, of a block on Rundle Street for their Synagogue. One of his last transactions was the sale, to wealthy Rundle Street draper George Hunt, of a block on Magill Road which became the site for his mansion, "Tranmere House", built in 1898. Morphett was appointed a director of the South Australian Marine & Fire & Life Assurance Company, the Bank of South Australia and several mining companies.〔 He was elected to the South Australian House of Assembly seat of West Torrens in March 1860. He was a conscientious and able member, a supporter of Robert Torrens's Real Property Act, but left the colony for London on the ''Orient'' 31 October 1860 and never returned. His resignation from parliament was received in April 1861. He died in England in 1893.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Morphett」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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