Background
Born in Aberdeen, he was the son of James Morrison.
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Robert Craigmyle Morrison
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Career
He originally worked as a schoolmaster in the Middlesex suburbs of North London. He became involved in the Labour and Company-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 – 1919.
In 1919 he returned to local politics when he was elected to Middlesex County Council.
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, 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. The committee then unanimously recommended a binational state in Palestine.
He died in a Tottenham Hospital on Christmas Day 1953 aged 72.
Membership
32nd United Kingdom Parliament. 33rd United Kingdom Parliament. 34th United Kingdom Parliament.
35th United Kingdom Parliament.
37th United Kingdom Parliament. 38th United Kingdom Parliament]
At the 1922 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Tottenham North.
In 1946, Morrison was appointed as a member of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry soughting a policy to resolve the increasing conflict between Jews and Arabs in Palestine.
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Nationality
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Political Party
Labour Party