On the 7th of July, 1763, he was appointed to the local rank of Brigadier-General, and on the return of the regiment to England it was reduced in 1765, and its Lieutenant-Colonel went on half pay, where he continued until 1778.'' It is said that upon receiving an order from the British Government to repair to America he returned his commission, whereupon they appointed him Commander on Cock's Heath during the remainder of the war. '• He became Major- Gencral in 1777, and was appointed Colonel of the Sixty-first, or South Gloucestershire, Regiment in 1778. He rose to the rank of General in the British army in 1796, received the sinecure appointment of Governor of Quebec in 1797, and died in the eady part of the year iSoo in the seventy-second }-ear of his age. General Morris was twice married ;

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first to the Duchess of Gordon, as already mentioned, who died in 1770, bccondly to Miss Urquhart who survived her husband about a year."<»

Lewis married Mary Walton, who died the irth of ]March, 1794. The following notice of her death occurred in the Diary, or Eve7iing Register of that year : --

"Died at Morrisania, Westchester County, on Tuesday the nth inst. in the sixty-seventh year of her age, Mrs. Alary Morris, wife of General Lewis Morris. To say that she was an affectionate wife, a tender parent, a firm friend and a good Christian might be thought to comprise an assemblage of virtues which it is not the lot of humanity to possess. But all who knew her will bear testimony to this truth, and declare that this eulogy far from being extravagant, is but a feeble tribute to her merit. Af her life was dear to all who prized the qualities for which she was eminently distinguished, so her death produced the keenest sorrow in the breasts of all her acquaintances, which nothing can mitigate ; but the refiection that the good she did will on earth raise a monument to her merit, and hereafter entitle her to that reward which will undoubtedly be bestowed upon the truly virtuous."*