John Morris (Conservative politician)

John Patrick Morris (1894 - 31 July 1962) was a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Salford North from 1931 until 1945.[1] He was educated at secondary school in Bolton, saw active service with the Royal Engineers in the First World War, and was a member of the London Stock Exchange and Manchester Stock Exchange.[2][3] He is noted for highlighting the persecution of the Jews in pre-war Nazi Germany, having brought up the issue in the House of Commons in 1933.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Mr John Morris
  2. ↑ Raymond Streat, The diary Of Sir Raymond Street, edited by Marguerite Dupree, Publ. Manchester University Press, 1988. (Footnote, page 141)
  3. ↑ "Salford, North". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. British Newspaper Archive. 17 October 1931. Retrieved 8 July 2014. (Subscription required (help)).
  4. ↑ Harry Defries, Conservative Party Attitudes to Jews 1900-1950, publ. Routledge, 2014 (reprint), ISBN 1135284628, 9781135284626, 280 pages (page 120)
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