Michael Morris, Baron Naseby
Michael Wolfgang Laurence Morris, Baron Naseby, of Sandy in the County of Bedfordshire PC ( born November 25, 1936) is a British politician of the Conservative Party, which for 23 years the constituency of Northampton South as an MP in the House of Commons represented and since 1997 a member is in the House of Lords.
Life
Professional history and local politicians
Morris did his military service as a pilot in the Royal Air Force ( RAF) and took place during this period also uses NATO.
In the general election of March 31, 1966 Morris ran for the Conservative Party in the constituency of Islington North unsuccessfully for a seat in the House of Commons and its chairman, he engaged thereafter in local politics from 1968 to 1974 as a member of the Council of the London Borough of Islington, between 1969 and 1971 was.
His main job was director of the advertising agency Benton & Bowles and the 1976 and 1992 as the founder and Eigentuümer of AM International Public Affairs Consultants in the Private Sector 1971-1981.
Lower house deputy
Morris was a deputy of the lower house of the newly created constituency of Northampton South elected in the elections on 28 February 1974, took this for 23 years up to the general election on 1 May 1997.
After the electoral victory of the Tories in the general election on 3 May 1979, he served between 1979 and 1981 as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Hugh Rossi and Michael Alison, who were Minister of State to Northern Ireland Secretary Humphrey Atkins during this time. At the same time Morris was 1979-1992 Member of the House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts and also from 1983 to 1991 Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the Western European Union (WEU ).
After Morris from 1984 until 1992 a member of the committee of the lower house speaker for committee chairman, he was on 6 May 1992 Deputy House Speaker ( Deputy Speaker) and also the successor to Harold Walker as chairman of the influential Committee on ways and means (Chairman of Ways of Means ). These two offices he held up to his retirement from the House of Commons on 1 May 1997 and was also a member of the Privy Council in 1994. In the general election of 1997 he suffered a surprise defeat against Tony Clarke, challenger of the Labour Party, who beat him by a majority of 744 votes.
In addition to his deputies activities, Morris committed from 1982 to 2002 as a member of the board of Bedford School, which he chaired from 1989 to 2002. At the same time he was between 1993 and 2001 Chairman of the PSP Euro Med Charity and from 1994 to 2008, the Victoria County History of Northamptonshire.
House of Lords member
After retiring from the House, he was raised by a Letters Patent of 28 October 1997 as a life peer with the title Baron Naseby, of Sandy in the County of Bedfordshire in the peerage. Shortly afterwards, was on 11 November 1997 his Introduction ( Introduction) as a member of the House of Lords.
In addition, was Lord Morris, who was between 1997 and 2008 the founder and owner of the company Julius International Consultants from 1998 to 2005 Chairman of the Tunbridge Wells Equitable Friendly Society and 1998-2011 of Invesco Recovery Trust and at the same time from 1998 to 2003 Member of the Board of Mansell plc.
Lord Morris is also an Honorary Fellow of History at the University of Northampton and also involved in various wine brotherhoods., Such as chairman of the Confradia del Vino Chileno, as Chamberlain of the Ordre des Coteaux de Champagne as well as Chevalier du Tastevin 2005 Sri Lanka awarded him the honorary title of Ratna.