Mortification
the complete death of part of the body. It is generally the result of acute inflammation, but may be also an idiopathic disease. In Scots law: (1) The disposition of lands for religious or charitable purposes. (2) A term applied to lands given formerly to the Church for religious purposes, or, since the Reformation, for charitable or public purposes. By the present practice, when lands are given for any charitable purpose they are usually disposed to trustees, to be held either in blanch or feu. (3) A charitable fund or institution obtained from the yearly revenue of such lands.
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Mortimer
EDMUND, EARL, espoused Philippina, daughter of Lionel, second son of Edward III., King of England. ROGER, son of the preceding, was declared heir to the crown in 1385, but died in 1399, leaving an only daughter, who married Richard, Duke of York, giving to that family a claim to the throne of England. Hence arose the wars of the "Red and White Roses," between the houses of York and Lancaster.
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Mortimer (II)
ROGER, EARL OF MARCH, an English politician; born about 1287. On the death of his father, in the Welsh wars in 1303, he was made the ward of Piers Gaveston. He served under Edward I. in the Scotch war, in 1306-1307, and during the first 14 years of the reign of Edward II. was employed in Scotland, Ireland, and France, and was appointed lieutenant in Ireland 1317. Three years later he joined the barons in revolt to banish the king's favorites, the Spensers, but was taken and imprisoned in the Tower. Having escaped to France, he allied himself with Isabella, Queen of Edward II., and the barons who shared her discontent. The queen accepted him as her paramour, and having obtained aid from the Count of Hainault, they came to England in 1326, deposed and imprisoned the king, and governed the kingdom at their will. The young prince was proclaimed (Edward III.); Mortimer was created Earl of March, and took a large share of the estates of the Spensers; the deposed king was shamefully murdered by his orders; and at last Edward, weary of subjection to this insolent usurper, and backed by the public hatred of him, assumed the government. Mortimer was seized at the government. castle of Nottingham, and hung at Tyburn, Nov. 29, 1330.
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Mortlake
a parish of Surrey, England, formerly famous for its tapestry works; now malting and brewing are the leading industries. It is also a great boating place, the Oxford and Cambridge race being rowed from Putney to Mortlake. It has associations with Archbishops Anselm and Cranmer, the astrologer, Dr. Dee, and Cromwell, Swift, and Stella.
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Morton
JAMES DOUGLAS, 4th EARL OF, regent of Scotland, younger son of Sir George Douglas; born in Dalkeith, Scotland, in 1530. Having married a daughter of the 3d earl, he received the earldom on the death of his in 1553. He favored the father-in-law, father-in-law, Reformation, and was made Lord High- Chancellor of Scotland in 1563. Three years later he took part in the murder of Rizzio, and fled to England; obtained the queen's pardon, through the influence of Bothwell. Informed of the plot against Darnley, he refused to share in it. He was one of the leading opponents of Bothwell, was again made chancellor, and in 1572 appointed regent. Having made himself odious to the people, he resigned, but afterward resumed office. Charged as accessory to the murder of Darnley, he was tried, condemned, and beheaded by the instrument he himself had introduced into Scotland, June 3, 1581.
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Morton (II)
JAMES MADISON, JR., judge; born in Fall River, Mass., in 1869, he graduated from Harvard with the dein his native town. He was a member of gree of LL.B. in 1894, and then practiced the Board of Police at Fall River from 1903 to 1912, and became U. S. District Judge in the latter year by appointment of President Taft. He is president of the Sagamore Manufacturing Co. and trustee of the Bradford Durfee Textile School at Fall River.
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Morton (III)
JULIUS STERLING, American politician; born in Adams, N. Y., in 1832; died in Lake Forest, Ill., in 1902. Graduated from Union College, 1854, then became editor Nebraska City "News" of Nebraska City, Neb. Was member Territorial Legislature, 1856-1857, then, in 1858, its secretary. When Governor Richardson resigned in 1858, he acted as governor. Was a member of President Cleveland's Cabinet (1893-1897) as Secretary of Agriculture. He is especially remembered as the originator of Arbor Day.
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Morton (IV)
LEVI PARSONS, an American financier; born in Shoreham, Vt., May 16, 1824. At the age of 16 he worked in a country store. In 1849 he went to Boston, and, though possessed of little capital, was admitted as a partner in a prominent mercantile firm; five years later he removed to New York, and in 1863 established the banking house of Morton, Bliss & Co., with a branch in London under the name of Morton, Rose & Co. In 1878 he was elected to Congress; re-elected two years Appointed minister to France later. by President Garfield. In 1888 he was elected Vice-President on the ticket headed by Benjamin Harrison, and was governor of New York in 1894-1896. Died in 1920.
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Morton (PAUL American financier)
PAUL, American financier and politician; born in Detroit in 1856; died in New York City in 1911. He was educated in Nebraska public schools, and at the age of 16 entered the employ of the Burlington and Missouri River railroad as office boy. By his abilities he gained rapid promotion, becoming vicepresident of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Co., in 1890. In 1904 he was appointed Secretary of the Navy by President Roosevelt, but in 1905 he resigned, to become president of the Equitable Life Assurance Co. of New York City.
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Morton (V)
OLIVER PERRY, an American statesman; born in Wayne co., Ind., Aug. 4, 1823; studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1847; elected governor of Indiana in 1861, and by his loyalty to the government did much to sustain the administration during the try ing times of the Civil War. He was elected a United States Senator from Indiana as a Republican in 1867, serving till 1877, and in the latter year was a member of the Electoral Commission. He died in Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 1, 1877.
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