Morphett, Sir John (1809–1892), landowner and politician in Australia, was born in Holborn, London, on 4 May 1809, the son of Nathaniel Morphett (1778–1848) and his wife, Mary Gliddon (d. 1849), of Cummins, Ide, Devon. His father was a London solicitor, from a Kentish family; his mother's family was associated with a coterie which included ...
