The Lord Morris of Aberavon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In office 2 May 1997 – 29 July 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prime Minister | Tony Blair | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Solicitor General | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Nicholas Lyell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | The Lord Williams of Mostyn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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