Morrissey married his girlfriend of over 13 years, novelist Esther Freud, on 12 August 2006 in a ceremony on Southwold Pier. They were introduced to each other by actor Danny Webb. They have a daughter named Anna and two sons named Albie and Gene. Through Esther, Morrissey is the brother-in-law of fashion designer Bella Freud, son-in-law of painter Lucian Freud, and great-grandson-in-law of psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud. He and his family split their time between homes in North London and Walberswick, Suffolk.