Martin Henry FitzPatrick Morris, 2nd Baron Killanin PC (11 August 1867 – 22 July 1927), was an Irish Conservative Member of Parliament (MP).
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Morris was the eldest son of Michael Morris, 1st Baron Killanin, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He later became a barrister.
Morris was elected to the House of Commons for Galway Borough in 1900, a seat he held until the following year when he succeeded his father as second Baron Killanin and entered the House of Lords. Lord Killanin was also a member of the Senate of the Royal University of Ireland from 1904 to 1909 and Governor of University College, Galway, from 1909 to 1922 and served as Lord Lieutenant of County Galway between 1918 and 1922. He was appointed to the Privy Council of Ireland in the 1920 New Year Honours following his chairmanship of the Committee on Irish Primary Education.[1]
Lord Killanin died in July 1927, aged 59. He never married and was succeeded by his nephew Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin.
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| Preceded by John Pinkerton |
Member of Parliament for Galway Borough 1900 – 1901 |
Succeeded by Arthur Lynch |
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| Preceded by The Lord Clonbrock |
Lord Lieutenant of Galway 1918 – 1922 |
Office abolished |
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| Preceded by Michael Morris |
Baron Killanin 1901 – 1927 |
Succeeded by Michael Morris |