William Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetWilliam Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil
former Governor-General of Australia
Date of Birth: 10-Aug-1893
Place of Birth: Oban, Scotland, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 03-Feb-1961
Profession: politician
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About William Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil
- William Shepherd Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil, (10 August 1893 – 3 February 1961) was a British politician who served as the 14th Governor-General of Australia, in office from 1960 until his death.
- He had previously been a long-serving cabinet minister in the United Kingdom, as well as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1951 to 1959. Morrison was the son of a Scottish farmer, born in the small village of Torinturk, Argyll.
- He attended George Watson's College and then went on to the University of Edinburgh; his studies were interrupted by World War I, where he served with the Royal Field Artillery and won the Military Cross.
- Training as a lawyer, Morrison was called to the bar in 1923 and began working as a private secretary to Thomas Inskip, the Solicitor General.
- After several previous attempts, he was elected to the House of Commons in 1929, representing a constituency in Gloucestershire for the Conservative Party. In 1936, after several years as a junior minister, Morrison was made Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries by Stanley Baldwin.
- He also served as a minister under Neville Chamberlain and Winston Churchill, including as Minister of Food (1939–1940), Postmaster General (1940–1943), and Minister of Town and Country Planning (1943–1945).
- Morrison was elevated to the speakership following the 1951 general election.
- He was praised for his impartiality, especially during the heated debate on the Suez Crisis, and was raised to the viscountcy when his term ended.
- Lord Dunrossil became governor-general in 1960, on the nomination of Robert Menzies, but served only a year before dying in office.
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