Walter Morrison (MP), Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Walter Morrison (MP)

British politician

Date of Birth: 21-May-1836

Date of Death: 18-Dec-1921

Profession: politician

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Walter Morrison (MP)

  • Walter Morrison (21 May 1836 – 18 December 1921) was an English Liberal and Liberal Unionist politician who sat in the House of Commons in three periods between 1861 and 1900.
  • He was a major funder and the treasurer of the Palestine Exploration Fund; in later years the fund was dependent on his donations.Morrison was the son of James Morrison and his wife Mary Anne Todd, daughter of Joseph Todd of London.
  • His father was of the firm of Morrison, Dillon, & Co., and was a former MP for Ipswich.
  • He was educated at Eton College and at Balliol College, Oxford graduating BA in 1857, and MA in 1862.
  • He was a J.P.
  • for the West Riding of Yorkshire, and Lieutenant-colonel of the West Riding Rifle Volunteers.In 1861, Morrison was elected Member of Parliament for Plymouth.
  • He held the seat until 1874.
  • At the 1886 general election he was elected MP for Skipton as a Liberal Unionist and held the seat until 1892.
  • He was re-elected at Skipton in 1895 and held the seat to 1900.Morrison died, unmarried, at the age of 85.

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