Jeremy Morse

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Sir Christopher Jeremy Morse (* December 10, 1928^[1]), known as Sir Jeremy Morse, was Chancellor of the University of Bristol between 1989 and 2003 before being succeeded by the Baroness Hale of Richmond^[2] and was chairman of Lloyds Bank^[3].

Son of Francis John Morse and his wife Kinbarra (née Armfield-Marrow), he was educated at West Downs School, Winchester College, and New College, Oxford. A career banker, he began with Williams and Glyn's Bank and went on to be chairman of Lloyds Bank between 1977 and 1993..

Morse also is a chess writer and wrote a book called Chess Problems: Tasks and Records.

In 1955, he married Belinda Marianne, daughter of Lt-Colonel R. B. Y. Mills, and they had three sons and two daughters (one of whom died young).

Academic offices
Preceded by Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin	Chancellor of the University of Bristol 1989–2003	Succeeded by The Baroness Hale of Richmond

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2. ^ Bristol University | News from the University | Chancellor
3. ^ BBC NEWS | England | Bristol | New university chancellor nominated