Robert Morrison, 1st Baron Morrison

The Right Honourable
The Lord Morrison
The Right Honourable The Lord Morrison
	Robert Morrison in 1923
Member of Parliament; for Tottenham North
	In office; 1935–1945
Preceded by	Edward Doran
Succeeded by	William Irving
Member of Parliament; for Tottenham North
	In office; 1922–1931
Preceded by	Sir William Prescott
Succeeded by	Edward Doran
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
	In office; 1929–1931 Serving with Lauchlan MacNeill Weir
Prime Minister	Ramsay MacDonald
Preceded by	Charles Rhys
Succeeded by	Frank Markham, Ralph Glyn, John Worthington
Personal details
Born	Robert Craigmyle Morrison; 29 October 1881; Aberdeen
Died	25 December 1953 (aged 72); Tottenham
Political party	Labour and Co-operative
Spouse	Grace Glossop (m. 1910)
Children	2
Occupation	Schoolmaster
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch/service	British Army
Years of service	1915–1919
Rank	Private
Battles/wars	First World War

Robert Craigmyle Morrison, 1st Baron Morrison (29 October 1881 – 25 December 1953) was a British Labour and Co-operative politician.^[1]

Born in Aberdeen, he was the son of James Morrison. He originally worked as a schoolmaster in the Middlesex suburbs of North London. He became involved in the Labour and Co-Operative movements, and in 1914 was elected to Wood Green Urban District Council. In the same year war broke out, and he served as a private in the British Army from 1915 to 1919.^[1] In 1919 he returned to local politics when he was elected to Middlesex County Council.^[1]

At the 1922 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Tottenham North. He lost his seat at the 1931 general election to the Conservative Edward Doran, but was re-elected at the 1935 general election. After the 1924 general election, he served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the then Leader of the Opposition Ramsay MacDonald,^[2] continuing to serve as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister after MacDonald's elevation to the Premiership.

On 15 November 1945, shortly after he had been re-elected at the 1945 general election, he was ennobled as Baron Morrison, of Tottenham in the County of Middlesex.^[1]^[3] In 1946, Morrison was appointed as a member of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry seeking a policy to resolve the increasing conflict between Jews and Arabs in Palestine. The committee then unanimously recommended a binational state in Palestine.^{[citation needed]}

Morrison married Grace Glossop in 1910, and the couple had two sons. He died in a Tottenham Hospital on Christmas Day 1953, aged 72.^[1] His eldest son, Dennis Morrison, inherited his title.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Obituary: Lord Morrison. Long Service to the Labour Party". The Times. 28 December 1953. p. 9.
^ Rosen, Greg Serving the people: Co-operative Party history from Fred Perry to Gordon Brown, London: The Co-operative Party, 2007, p. 7
^ "No. 37354". The London Gazette. 16 November 1945. p. 5604.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir William Henry Prescott	Member of Parliament for Tottenham North 1922–1931	Succeeded by Edward Doran
Preceded by Edward Doran	Member of Parliament for Tottenham North 1935–1945	Succeeded by William Irving
Government offices
Preceded by Charles Rhys	Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister 1929–1931 serving alongside Lauchlan MacNeill Weir	Succeeded by Frank Markham, Ralph Glyn, John Worthington
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baron Morrison 1945–1953	Succeeded by Dennis Morrison
Political offices
Preceded by The Lord Westwood	Lord-in-waiting 1947–1948	Succeeded by The Lord Shepherd

[obit-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Obituary: Lord Morrison. Long Service to the Labour Party". The Times. 28 December 1953. p. 9.

[2] Rosen, Greg Serving the people: Co-operative Party history from Fred Perry to Gordon Brown, London: The Co-operative Party, 2007, p. 7

[3] "No. 37354". The London Gazette. 16 November 1945. p. 5604.

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