A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Morres, Elliot
MORRES. (Lieutenant, 1816. f-p., 8; h-p., 30.)
Elliot Morres entered the Navy, 26 May, 1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Medusa 32, Capt. Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie; In which ship, during a servitude of four years on the Home station, he assisted, as Midshipman, at the capture, 6 and 14 Jan. 1810, of the privateers L’Aventure, of 14 guns and 82 men, and L’Hirondelle, of 14 guns and 72 men, and co-operated much with the patriots on the north coast of Spain. In June, 1813, and Sept. 1815, he successively joined the Rivoli 74, Capts. Graham Eden Hamond and Edw. Stirling Dickson, both attached to the force In the Mediterranean; where, on being appointed Admiralty-Midshipman of the Glasgow 40, Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland, he took part In the bombardment of Algiers 27 Aug. 1816. He was promoted in consequence to the rank of Lieutenant 16 Sept. following. He left the Glasgow 31 Oct. in the same year; and has since been on half-pay.
He is married and has Issue.