On 29 July 1825 he was promoted colonel. In 1829 Morshead was appointed commanding Royal Engineer at Malta. He died at Valletta on 11 November 1831, while the acting governor. He was honoured with a public funeral, and was buried in the old saluting battery overlooking the grand harbour. Numerous plans by him went to the War Office. Family Anderson married in 1800 Elizabeth, only daughter of Phillip Morshead, of Widey Court, Plymouth. They had 11 children. Their daughter Louisa married George Leslie, 15th Earl of Rothes. The second son John Philip Anderson Morshead (died 1881) was father of Edmund Doidge Anderson Morshead. Notes External links Attribution 1831 deaths Royal Engineers officers Military personnel from County Limerick Year of birth uncertain