John Morrison, 2nd Viscount Dunrossil

The Viscount Dunrossil
2nd Viscount Dunrossil
In office
3 February 1961 – 22 March 2000
MonarchElizabeth II
Preceded byWilliam Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil
Succeeded byAndrew Morrison, 3rd Viscount Dunrossil
Lord Lieutenant of the Western Isles
In office
4 November 1993 – 22 March 2000
MonarchElizabeth II
Preceded byGranville Leveson-Gower, 5th Earl Granville
Succeeded byAlexander Matheson
127th Governor of Bermuda
In office
1983–1988
MonarchElizabeth II
Preceded bySir Richard Posnett
Succeeded bySir Desmond Langley
Personal details
Born(1926-05-22)22 May 1926
Died22 March 2000(2000-03-22) (aged 73)
Lanzarote
Spouse(s)Mavis Dawn Spencer-Payne
3 July 1951–1969
Diana Mary Cunliffe Vise
m. 1969
Children3 sons, 1 daughter
Alma materOriel College, Oxford
ProfessionSoldier, diplomat, colonial administrator

Flight Lieutenant John William Morrison, 2nd Viscount Dunrossil CMG JP (22 May 1926 – 22 March 2000) was a British diplomat. Lord Dunrossil was British High Commissioner to Fiji, Nauru and Tuvalu and later to Barbados. His career reached its peak when he was appointed Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Bermuda in 1983. While in South Africa he supported Nelson Mandela during his imprisonment by helping him gain a law degree from the University of London.