left in his father's will as a "legacy to king and country". Morris ended his naval hiatus on 31 March 1778 when he transferred to the 74-gun ship of the line HMS Prince of Wales, which was the flagship of Rear-Admiral Samuel Barrington on the Leeward Islands Station, as a midshipman. Morris then transferred to the 20-gun post ship HMS Ariadne in October, and in her fought at the Battle of St. Lucia on 15 December and Battle of Grenada on 6 July of the following year. From Ariadne he then moved to the 10-gun sloop HMS Fortune on 27 November 1779, which was fitting out in England to sail to the Leeward Islands. Morris only stayed with Fortune until she passed Cork, at which point he travelled back to Portsmouth in the 24-gun frigate HMS Amphitrite. From there Morris continued his connection with Barrington by joining his flagship in the English Channel, the 90-gun ship of the line HMS Barfleur, on 12 January 1780. On 14 September Morris was posted to the 90-gun ship of the line HMS Queen, taking with him his promotion to lieutenant. Staying in the English Channel, he subsequently transferred into the 90-gun ship of the line HMS Namur, in which he participated in the second naval relief of Gibraltar on 12 April 1781. Namur then travelled to the Leeward Islands, where she joined the fleet of Admiral Sir George Rodney in time to fight at the Battle of the Saintes on 12 April 1782. Morris left Namur on 6 June 1783 as the American Revolutionary War began to end and went on half pay. He stayed in that situation until 23 August 1786 when he was appointed to serve on the 50-gun fourth rate HMS Leander. He subsequently served in quick succession in the 74-gun ships of the line HMS Orion and HMS Arrogant and then had a second stint in Barfleur before in 1790 he again reacquainted himself with Barrington, joining his 100-gun ship of the line flagship HMS Royal George during the Spanish Armament. Command Barrington had Morris promoted to commander on 21 September. He was then given command of the 14-gun brig HMS Flirt in the Leeward Islands from September, officially from 2 January 1791, and he commanded her until 28 November 1792, joining his next command, the 14-gun sloop HMS Pluto, on 26 December. In Pluto he sailed to serve