Background
Morris, Michael Wolfgang Laurence was born on November 25, 1936 in Bromley, Kent, England. Son of Cyril Laurence and Margaret (Halfter) Morris.
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Morris, Michael Wolfgang Laurence was born on November 25, 1936 in Bromley, Kent, England. Son of Cyril Laurence and Margaret (Halfter) Morris.
Bedford School; St. Catharine’s College, Cambridge, Master of Arts. Spoken languages: French.
Councillor, Islington London Borough Council, 1968-1974, Leader 1969-1971, Alderman 1971-1974. Member of Parliament for Northampton South, since 1974. Secretary, Conservative Environment Committee, 1978-1979.
Member. Public Accounts Committee, 1979-1992. Member, Commons Select Committee on Energy, 1982-1985. Parliamentary Private Secretary to Minister of State for Northern Ireland.
1979-1981; member, Council of Europe and Western European Union, 1983-1991. Vice-Chairman, Conservative Energy Committee, 1981-1992. Former Chairman, British-Sri Lanka, British-Malaysia, British-Burma and British-Singapore Committees.
Vice-Chairman, British-Indonesia Committee. Treasurer, British-Thai and Asian Committee. Member of Speaker’s Panel of Chairmen, 1985-1992.
Joint Founder, Parliamentary Food and Health Committee. Chairman, Ways and Means. Deputy Speaker, since 1992.
Marketing Manager, Reckitt and Colman Group, 1960-1964. Director, Service Advertising, 1964-1971. Director, Benton & Bowles Ltd., 1971-1981.
Privy counselor Her Majesty the Queen, 1992.
Author: The Disaster of Direct Labour, 1978. Co-author: Helping the Exporter, 1967, Marketing Below the Line, 1972.
Church of England.
Clubs: Carlton Club; John O’Gaunt Club. Northampton Town and Country Club. Parliamentary Golfing Society (Capt.).
Marylebone Cricket Club Associate All-England Tennis and Croquet Club.
Cricket; golf; forestry. Shooting; tennis; budgerigars. Energy, exports, forestry, National Health Service, South and East Asia, advertising, marketing.
Married Ann Phyllis Appleby, September 3, 1960. Children: Julian, Susannah, Jocelyn.
