John Morris, Baron Morris of Aberavon
In office 2 May 1997 – 29 July 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prime Minister | Tony Blair | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Solicitor General | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Nicholas Lyell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | The Lord Williams of Mostyn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lord Temporal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 3 July 2001 – 5 June 2023 Life peerage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Member of Parliament for Aberavon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 8 October 1959 – 14 May 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | William Cove | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Hywel Francis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | John Morris 5 November 1931 Capel Bangor, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 5 June 2023 | (aged 91)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | Labour | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Margaret Lewis (m. 1959) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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John Morris, Baron Morris of Aberavon,
Background and education
Morris was born in
In 1959, Morris married Margaret Lewis, and they had three daughters.[6]
Legal career
Morris was a barrister and was called to the Bar by Gray's Inn in 1954.[6] He served as a legal adviser and deputy general secretary for the Farmers' Union of Wales.[6] He practised at 2 Bedford Row Chambers, took silk in 1973, and was made a Bencher of Gray's Inn in 1985.[6] Between 1982 and 1997, he was a Recorder of the Crown Court.[5]
Political career
Morris represented
Morris served as
Other positions held
Morris was the
Later life and death
His memoir, Fifty Years in Politics and the Law, was published in 2011.[11]
At the death of Robert Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford on 18 March 2023, Morris and Stratton Mills became the surviving former MPs with the earliest date of first election, both having first entered Parliament at the 1959 general election.[4]
Morris died on 5 June 2023, at the age of 91.[4][6][12]
Honours
Morris was raised to the peerage for life as Baron Morris of Aberavon, of Aberavon in the County of West Glamorgan and of Ceredigion in the County of Dyfed in the 2001 Dissolution Honours,[13][14] was made Lord Lieutenant of Dyfed a year later[15] and was appointed to the Order of the Garter as a Knight Companion (KG) in 2003.[16]
Arms
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References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ Pointer, Graham (21 December 2014). "Graham Pointer's Blog: Elected In The 50s – A Look At Surviving Ex-MPs". Graham Pointer's Blog. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ "Privy Council Members: M". Privy Council Office. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ^ a b c d Browne, Adrian (5 June 2023). "Lord John Morris, ex-Welsh secretary and Blair attorney general dies". BBC News. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
- ^ a b "Morris, John, 1931 Nov. 5- - National Library of Wales Archives and Manuscripts". archives.library.wales. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Lord Morris of Aberavon, MP who over 41 years in the Commons served in four Labour governments – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 6 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
- ISBN 9780415185417.
- ^ "No. 45117". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 June 1970. p. 6365.
- ^ a b Langdon, Julia (8 June 2023). "Lord Morris of Aberavon obituary". The Guardian.
- ^ "Our Former Presidents: London Welsh Centre". London Welsh Centre website. London Welsh Centre. 2010. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
- ISBN 978-0-7083-2418-9.
- ^ Langdon, Julia (8 June 2023). "Lord Morris of Aberavon obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
- ^ "No. 56266". The London Gazette. 6 July 2001. p. 7999.
- ^ "No. 25044". The Edinburgh Gazette. 6 July 2001. p. 1528.
- ^ "No. 56787". The London Gazette. 19 December 2002. p. 15392.
- ^ "No. 56915". The London Gazette. 23 April 2003. p. 5017.
- ^ Arms of the Baron Morris of Aberavon blazon. Cracroft's Peerage. Retrieved 16 January 2014
- ^ Anthony Acland's crest Heraldic Sculptor. Retrieved 20 December 2013
- ^ Anthony Acland's banner of arms image. Retrieved 24 December 2013
- ^ Acland's arms image. Retrieved 24 December 2013