John Morris, Baron Morris of Aberavon

The Right Honourable
The Lord Morris of Aberavon
KG PC KC
The Right Honourable The Lord Morris of Aberavon KG PC KC
	Official portrait, 2019
Attorney General for England and Wales; Attorney General for Northern Ireland;
	In office; 2 May 1997 – 29 July 1999
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Solicitor General	The Lord Falconer of Thoroton; Ross Cranston;
Preceded by	Nicholas Lyell
Succeeded by	The Lord Williams of Mostyn
Leader
Opposition frontbench 1979‍–‍1997
Shadow Attorney General
	In office; 9 June 1983 – 2 May 1997
Leader	Michael Foot; Neil Kinnock; John Smith; Margaret Beckett (acting); Tony Blair;
Preceded by	Arthur Davidson
Succeeded by	Nicholas Lyell
	In office; 14 July 1979 – 24 November 1981
Leader	James Callaghan; Michael Foot;
Preceded by	Samuel Silkin
Succeeded by	Peter Archer
Shadow Secretary of State for Wales
	In office; 4 May 1979 – 14 July 1979
Leader	James Callaghan
Preceded by	Nicholas Edwards
Succeeded by	Alec Jones
Prime Minister
Ministerial offices 1966‍–‍1979
Secretary of State for Wales
	In office; 5 March 1974 – 4 May 1979
Prime Minister	Harold Wilson; James Callaghan;
Preceded by	Peter Thomas
Succeeded by	Nicholas Edwards
Minister of Defence for Equipment
	In office; 16 April 1968 – 19 June 1970
Prime Minister	Harold Wilson
Preceded by	Roy Mason
Succeeded by	Robert Lindsay
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport
	In office; 10 January 1966 – 16 April 1968
Prime Minister	Harold Wilson
Preceded by	George Lindgren
Succeeded by	Robert Brown
Member of the House of Lords; Lord Temporal
	In office; 3 July 2001 – 5 June 2023; Life peerage
Member of Parliament; for Aberavon
	In office; 8 October 1959 – 14 May 2001
Preceded by	William Cove
Succeeded by	Hywel Francis
Personal details
Born	John Morris; 5 November 1931; Capel Bangor, Wales
Died	5 June 2023 (aged 91)
Political party	Labour
Spouse	Margaret Lewis (m. 1959)
Children	3
Alma mater	Aberystwyth University; Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge;

John Morris, Baron Morris of Aberavon, KG, PC, KC (5 November 1931 – 5 June 2023) was a British politician. He was a Labour Party Member of Parliament for over 41 years, from 1959 to 2001, which included a period as Secretary of State for Wales from 1974 to 1979 and as Attorney General between 1997 and 1999.^[1] He was the last living former Labour MP who was first elected in the 1950s.^[2] He was also the last surviving member of Harold Wilson's 1974–76 cabinet, and was the longest-serving Privy Counsellor at the time of his death.^[3] His combined parliamentary service totalled over 60 years.^[4]

^ "Morris of Aberavon, Baron, (John Morris) (born Nov. 1931)". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u28179. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
^ Pointer, Graham (21 December 2014). "Graham Pointer's Blog: Elected In The 50s – A Look At Surviving Ex-MPs". Graham Pointer's Blog. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
^ "Privy Council Members: M". Privy Council Office. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
^ Cite error: The named reference BBC-65484126 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[:0-1] "Morris of Aberavon, Baron, (John Morris) (born Nov. 1931)". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u28179. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 5 May 2021.

[2] Pointer, Graham (21 December 2014). "Graham Pointer's Blog: Elected In The 50s – A Look At Surviving Ex-MPs". Graham Pointer's Blog. Retrieved 10 March 2021.

[3] "Privy Council Members: M". Privy Council Office. Retrieved 16 December 2021.

[BBC-65484126-4] Cite error: The named reference BBC-65484126 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]