Thomas Brash Morison
Sir Thomas Brash Morison (21 November 1868 – 28 July 1945) was a Scottish politician and judge.
Morison was born in Edinburgh. He went to Edinburgh University where he obtained MA and LL.D degrees.[1] He was called to the bar in Scotland in 1891 and then in England in 1899. He was knighted in 1906. He was senior Advocate-Depute, 1908–1910 and Deputy Chairman of the Fishery Board for Scotland, 1910-1913.[2] During the same period he also held the post of Sheriff of Fife and Kinross. He was made a Bencher of Gray's Inn in 1920.[3]
Liberal Member of Parliament for Inverness-shire from 1917 to 1918 and for Inverness from 1918 to 1922, Morison was Solicitor General for Scotland in the Liberal and Coalition Governments from 1913 to 1920. In 1920 he was appointed Privy Counsellor and promoted to Lord Advocate, a post he held until 1922. He resigned from the House of Commons on 27 February 1922 by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds.
He is buried against the northern wall of the 20th extension to Dean Cemetery in western Edinburgh.
References
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Thomas Brash Morison
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by John Dewar |
Member of Parliament for Inverness-shire 1917–1918 |
constituency abolished |
| New constituency | Member of Parliament for Inverness 1918–1922 |
Succeeded by Sir Murdoch Macdonald |
| Legal offices | ||
| Preceded by Andrew Macbeth Anderson |
Solicitor General for Scotland 1913–1920 |
Succeeded by Charles David Murray |
| Preceded by James Avon Clyde |
Lord Advocate 1920–1922 |
Succeeded by Charles David Murray |