Paternal Family Tree: Morden aka Harbord
Around 1696 William Morden aka Harbord 1st Baronet was born to John Morden and Judith Cropley.
On 4th February 1713 William Morden aka Harbord 1st Baronet [aged 17] was educated at Caius College, Cambridge University.
In 1726 [his father] John Morden died.
In 1727 William Morden aka Harbord 1st Baronet [aged 31] was elected MP Bere Alston.
On 25th April 1732 William Morden aka Harbord 1st Baronet [aged 36] and Elizabeth Britiffe Lady Harbord were married.
In 1734 William Morden aka Harbord 1st Baronet [aged 38] was elected MP Dunwich.
On 26th January 1734 [his son] Harbord Morden aka Harbord 1st Baron Suffield was born to William Morden aka Harbord 1st Baronet [aged 38] and [his wife] Elizabeth Britiffe Lady Harbord at Harbord Morden Thorpe, Suffolk. He married 1760 Mary Assheton Baroness Suffield, daughter of Ralph Assheton 3rd Baronet, and had issue.
In 1741 William Morden aka Harbord 1st Baronet [aged 45] was elected MP Bere Alston.
In 1742 William Morden aka Harbord 1st Baronet [aged 46] changed his surname from Morden to Hardbord in line with the conditions of the will of his [his mother] mother's brother [his uncle] Harbord Cropley aka Harbord [aged 67] who had changed his name from Cropley to Harbord in 1710. By changing his name to Harbord William's son Harbord [aged 7], who had been named after his great-uncle became Harbord Harbord,
On 26th March 1746 William Morden aka Harbord 1st Baronet [aged 50] was created 1st Baronet Harbord of Suffield in Norfolk. [his wife] Elizabeth Britiffe Lady Harbord by marriage Lady Harbord of Suffield in Norfolk.
In 1760 [his son] Harbord Morden aka Harbord 1st Baron Suffield [aged 25] and [his daughter-in-law] Mary Assheton Baroness Suffield were married.
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On 17th February 1770 William Morden aka Harbord 1st Baronet [aged 74] died. His son Harbord [aged 36] succeeded 2nd Baronet Harbord of Suffield in Norfolk. Mary Assheton Baroness Suffield by marriage Lady Harbord of Suffield in Norfolk.
[his father] John Morden and [his mother] Judith Cropley were married.
father: John Morden
William Morden aka Harbord 1st Baronet
Grandfather: William Cropley
mother: Judith Cropley