Resolution Island (Nunavut) Resolution Island (Nunavut) Resolution Island is one of the many uninhabited Canadian Arctic islands in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut. It is a Baffin Island offshore island located in Davis Strait. It has an area of . The Lower Savage Islands lie between Resolution Island and Baffin Island, while Graves Strait separates Resolution Island from the more northern Edgell Island. English explorer Martin Frobisher landed on the island on July 28, 1576, while on a voyage to discover the fabled Northwest Passage. However it appears to have been named Resolution in 1612 by Sir Thomas Button, after his own ship, the "Resolution".
John Morley (died 1622) John Morley (died 1622) Sir John Morley (c. 1572 – December 1622) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1601 and 1622. Morley was the son of John Morley of Halnaker and London. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford in 1586 and entered Inner Temple in 1587. He succeeded to the estates of Halneker on the death of his father in 1587 and added to these estates by purchase. In 1601, he was elected Member of Parliament for New Shoreham. He was knighted on 23 July 1603. In 1604 he was