Martin Morris, 2nd Baron Killanin

Irish politician

Martin Henry FitzPatrick Morris, 2nd Baron Killanin,[1] PC(Ire) (22 July 1867 – 11 August 1927) was an Irish Unionist (Conservative) Member of Parliament (MP).[2]

Background and education

Morris was the eldest son of Michael Morris, 1st Baron Killanin, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, where he was secretary of the University Philosophical Society. He later became a barrister.[2]

Political career

Lord Killanin (centre) as director of the Liffey Power Syndicate inspecting boring operations at Poulaphouca, County Wicklow, as part of a hydro-electric development initiative, 18 August 1923

Morris was appointed High Sheriff of County Galway for 1897.[3]

He was elected to the House of Commons for Galway Borough in 1900, a seat he held until the following year when he succeeded his father as second Baron Killanin and entered the House of Lords.[2]

Lord Killanin was also a member of the Senate of the Royal University of Ireland from 1904 to 1909, Governor of University College, Galway from 1909 to 1922, and served as Lord Lieutenant of County Galway between 1918 and 1922. He was appointed to the Privy Council of Ireland in the 1920 New Year Honours following his chairmanship of the Committee on Irish Primary Education.[4] He was awarded the Knight of Grace of Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England[2]

Personal life

Lord Killanin died in July 1927, aged 60. He never married and was succeeded by his nephew Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin.

Arms

Coat of arms of Martin Morris, 2nd Baron Killanin
Crest
On a fasces Proper a lion’s head erased Argent gutté de sang.
Escutcheon
Ermine a fess indented Sable in base a lion rampant of the last armed and langued Gules.
Motto
Si Deus Nobiscum Quis Contra Nos[5]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ "Martin Henry Fitzpatrick Morris, 2nd Baron Killanin". geni.com. 22 July 1867.
  2. ^ a b c d (Hesilrige 1921, p. 515)
  3. ^ Walford, Edward (1919). The County Families of the United Kingdom. London: Robert Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co. Ltd.
  4. ^ "No. 31712". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1919. p. 2.
  5. ^ Burke's Peerage. 1959.

References

  • Obituary, The Times, 12 August 1927
  • Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. 160A, Fleet street, London, UK: Dean & Son. p. 515.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)

External links

  • Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Lord Killanin
  • "Killanin, Baron" . Thom's Irish Who's Who . Dublin: Alexander Thom and Son Ltd. 1923. p. 126  – via Wikisource.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
John Pinkerton
 Member of Parliament for Galway Borough
1900 – 1901 		Succeeded by
Honorary titles
Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of Galway
1918 – 1922 		Office abolished
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Baron Killanin
1901 – 1927 		Succeeded by