Martin Morris, 2nd Baron Killanin
Martin Henry FitzPatrick Morris, 2nd Baron Killanin,Member of Parliament (MP).[2]
Background and education
Morris was the eldest son of
Trinity College, Dublin, where he was secretary of the University Philosophical Society. He later became a barrister.[2]
Political career
Morris was appointed High Sheriff of County Galway for 1897.[3]
He was elected to the House of Commons for Galway Borough in 1900, a seat he held until the following year when he succeeded his father as second Baron Killanin and entered the House of Lords.[2]
Lord Killanin was also a member of the Senate of the
Lord Lieutenant of County Galway between 1918 and 1922. He was appointed to the Privy Council of Ireland in the 1920 New Year Honours following his chairmanship of the Committee on Irish Primary Education.[4] He was awarded the Knight of Grace of Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England[2]
Personal life
Lord Killanin died in July 1927, aged 60. He never married and was succeeded by his nephew Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin.
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See also
Footnotes
- ^ "Martin Henry Fitzpatrick Morris, 2nd Baron Killanin". geni.com. 22 July 1867.
- ^ a b c d (Hesilrige 1921, p. 515)
- ^ Walford, Edward (1919). The County Families of the United Kingdom. London: Robert Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co. Ltd.
- ^ "No. 31712". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1919. p. 2.
- ^ Burke's Peerage. 1959.
References
- Obituary, The Times, 12 August 1927
- Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. 160A, )
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Lord Killanin
- . . Dublin: Alexander Thom and Son Ltd. 1923. p. – via Wikisource.