Martin Morris, 2nd Baron Killanin
Martin Henry FitzPatrick Morris, 2nd Baron Killanin, PC(Ire) (11 August 1867 – 22 July 1927) was an Irish Conservative Member of Parliament (MP).
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Background and education
Morris was the eldest son of Michael Morris, 1st Baron Killanin, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, where he was secretary of the University Philosophical Society. He later became a barrister.
Political career
Morris was appointed High Sheriff of County Galway for 1897.[1]
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.
Lord Killanin was also a member of the Senate of the Royal University of Ireland from 1904 to 1909 and Governor of University College, Galway, from 1909 to 1922 and served as 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.[2]
Personal life
Lord Killanin died in July 1927, aged 59. He never married and was succeeded by his nephew Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin.
See also
Footnotes
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- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31712. p. 2. 30 December 1919.
References
- Obituary, The Times, 12 August 1927
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,[page needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source][better source needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 1)[self-published source][better source needed]
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Lord Killanin
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Galway Borough 1900 – 1901 |
Succeeded by Arthur Lynch |
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| Preceded by | Lord Lieutenant of Galway 1918 – 1922 |
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| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by | Baron Killanin 1901 – 1927 |
Succeeded by Michael Morris |
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