Thursday, 27 March 2014
461 Michael Morris
Constituency : Galway Borough 1865-6, 1866-7 ( Conservative )
Michael took the second seat from the Tories.
Michael was a moderate Catholic educated at Trinity College who became an Irish barrister in 1849.
When Lord Derby took office in 1866 he was short of Irish legal talent so Michael was induced to cross the floor and become Solicitor-General for Ireland, winning his by-election convincingly. Within months he was promoted to Attorney-General for Ireland and a year later became Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas resigning his seat.
Michael became a baronet in 1885 and Lord Chief Justice for Ireland two years later. In 1889 he became a Lord of Appeal and a life peer as Baron Morris of Spiddal. He retired in 1900 and was upgraded to the hereditary peerage as Baron Killanin.
He died in 1901 aged 74.
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