page_title: Charles Morison (MP for Tavistock)
section_title: Death
hierarchical_section_title: Charles Morison (MP for Tavistock) / Death
caption_attribution_description: South side of St. Mary's Church, viewed from the High Street, Watford, Hertfordshire, UK.
context_page_description: Sir Charles Morrison was an English politician in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I and heir to the Estate of Cassiobury in Watford, Hertfordshire. He sat in the Parliament of England as MP for Tavistock.
context_section_description: Charles Morrison died in 1599 when young Charles was only 12. Bridget, now dowager Countess of Bedford, Henry, 6th Earl of Kent and Thomas, Lord Grey of Wilton  were appointed as legal guardians. Young Charles inherited his father's properties in Bedfordshire, London and Cassiobury, Watford, and later became a member of parliament and 1st Baronet Morrison.
  Sir Charles Morrison was buried in the mortuary chapel of the Morrison and Essex families in St. Mary's Parish Church, Watford. His large, elaborate tomb was executed by Nicholas Stone, a celebrated sculptor of the day, and features a reclining effigy of Sir Charles in white marble, depicted with a Van Dyke beard and wearing armour and a large Elizabethan ruff round his neck with a helmet placed behind his legs. Morrison is surrounded by an ornate canopy and pillars of coloured marble, the family coat of arms,  and figures of his son and daughter kneel at either end. A long Latin inscription describes his numerous virtues and states that he was the founder of the chapel.
caption: The Morrison family tombs are in the Church of St Mary, Watford
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