Background
Morrison was the son of Hugh Morrison and Lady Mary Leveson-Gower, daughter of the Liberal statesman Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville.
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John Granville
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Education
He was educated at Eton College and Magdalene College, Cambridge and served in the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry in the Second World War.
Career
An Member of Parliament from 1942 to 1965, he notably served as Chairman of the 1922 Committee between 1955 and 1964. James Morrison was his great-grandfather. Morrison was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire for 1938.
On 1 January 1965 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Margadale, of Islay in the County of Argyll, in recognition of his "political and public services".
From 1967 to 1975, he was President of the Wiltshire Historic Buildings Trust. He was also Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire between 1969 and 1981.
In January 1983, he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for Wiltshire, together with Mary Salisbury. Lord Margadale married the Honourable Margaret Smith, daughter of William Smith, 2nd Viscount Hambleden and Lady Esther Gore, on 16 October 1928.
James Morrison, 2nd Baron Margadale (17 July 1930 – 6 April 2003).
Honorary Sir Charles Andrew Morrison (25 June 1932 – 9 May 2005). Honorary Dame Mary Anne Morrison, Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (b 17 May 1937), Woman of the Bedchamber to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II since 1960.
Rt. Honorary Sir Peter Morrison (2 June 1944 – 13 July 1995).
Lady Margadale died in 1980.
Membership
38th United Kingdom Parliament. 39th United Kingdom Parliament. 40th United Kingdom Parliament.
41st United Kingdom Parliament.
42nd United Kingdom Parliament. 43rd United Kingdom Parliament]
In 1942 he was elected Member of Parliament for Salisbury, a seat he held until 1965, and served as Chairman of the 1922 Committee between 1955 and 1964.
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Nationality
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Political Party
Conservative Party