Michael Morris, Baron Naseby

Michael Morris, Baron Naseby

Michael Wolfgang Laurence Morris, Baron Naseby PC (born November 25, 1936 ) is a British Conservative Party politician who represented Northampton South as a member of the House of Commons for 23 years and has been a member of the House of Lords since 1997 .

Life

Professional career and local politician

Morris did his military service as a pilot officer with the Royal Air Force (RAF) and during this time also found employment with NATO .

In the general election of March 31, 1966 , Morris ran for the Conservative Party in the constituency of Islington North unsuccessfully for a seat in the House of Commons and then became involved in local politics from 1968 to 1974 as a member of the council of the London Borough of Islington , chairing it between 1969 and 1971 was.

His main occupation was from 1971 to 1981 as director of the advertising agency Benton & Bowles and from 1976 to 1992 as founder and owner of AM International Public Affairs Consultants in the private sector.

Member of the House of Commons

Morris was elected member of the House of Commons in the newly created constituency of Northampton South in the February 28, 1974 elections and represented it for 23 years until the May 1, 1997 general election .

After the Conservative Tories won the general election on May 3, 1979 , he served between 1979 and 1981 as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Hugh Rossi and Michael Alison , who were Minister of State to Northern Ireland Minister Humphrey Atkins during that time . At the same time, Morris was a member of the House Committee on Public Accounts between 1979 and 1992 and from 1983 to 1991 a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the Western European Union (WEU).

After Morris 1984 was the lower house speaker for committee chairman until 1992. Member of the Board, he was on 6 May 1992 Deputy Lower House Speaker ( Deputy Speaker ) and also succeeded Harold Walker as chairman of the influential Committee on ways and means ( Chairman of Ways of Means ) . He held these two offices until he left the House of Commons on May 1, 1997 and was also a member of the Privy Council in 1994 . In the 1997 general election, he was surprisingly defeated by Tony Clarke , his Labor Party challenger , who defeated him with a majority of 744 votes.

In addition to his membership of parliament, Morris served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Bedford School from 1982 to 2002 , and was chairman from 1989 to 2002. He was also chairman of the PSP Euro Med Charity from 1993 to 2001 and of the Victoria County History of Northamptonshire from 1994 to 2008 .

House of Lords

After leaving the House of Commons, he was raised to the nobility by a letters patent dated October 28, 1997 as a Life Peer with the title Baron Naseby , of Sandy in the County of Bedfordshire . Shortly thereafter took place on 11 November 1997 its introduction ( Introduction ) as a member of the House of Lords .

In addition, Lord Morris, who was founder and owner of Julius International Consultants between 1997 and 2008, was chairman of the Tunbridge Wells Equitable Friendly Society from 1998 to 2005 and of the Invesco Recovery Trust between 1998 and 2011 and was also a member of the board of directors of Mansell from 1998 to 2003 plc .

Lord Morris is also an Honorary Fellow for History at the University of Northampton and is involved in various wine fraternities such as Chairman of the Confradia del Vino Chileno , Chamberlain of the Ordre des Coteaux de Champagne and Chevalier du Tastevin . In 2005, Sri Lanka awarded him the honorary title of Ratna .

Web links

• Entry on Parliament's homepage (accessed on 28 July 2012)
• Mr Michael Morris at Hansard (English)
• Entry in They Work For You (accessed July 28, 2012)
• Biography in Debrett’s (accessed on July 28, 2012)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Introduction of Lord Naseby (Hansard, November 11, 1997)