Alfred Morris (other)
Alfred Morris is the name of: * Alfred Hennen Morris (1864–1959), American businessman, politician, and racehorse owner/breeder * Alfred Morris (cricketer) (1876–1961), English cricketer * Edwin Morris (bishop) (Alfred Edwin Morris, 1894–1971), Bishop of Monmouth and Archbishop of Wales * Alf Morris (1928–2012), Baron Morris of Manchester, British Labour Co-operative politician and disability campaigner * Alfred Morris (university administrator) (born 1941), British academic * Alfred Morris (American football) (born 1988), American football running back See also * Alfred Warrington-Morris Air Commodore Alfred Drummond Warrington-Morris, (18 December 1883 – 24 March 1962) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force during the first half of the 20th century. Following his regular military service he became the second Commandan ...

Alfred Hennen Morris
Alfred Hennen Morris (March 3, 1864 – July 9, 1959) was an American businessman politician, and racehorse owner/breeder. Early life Morris was born in Wilmington, Delaware on March 3, 1864. He was the son of John Albert Morris and Cora Hennen, the daughter of prominent New Orleans Judge Alfred Hennen, a Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court. His siblings included Dave Hennen Morris (1872–1944), the United States Ambassador to Belgium and Envoy to Luxembourg who married Alice Vanderbilt Shepard, and Frances Isabel Morris, who married Lewis Cass Ledyard (1851–1932), the prominent attorney. His father, the Louisiana Lottery "king", was descended from the Colonial Morris family of Morrisania. His grandfather, Francis Morris, owned the mare Ruthless, who won the first Belmont Stakes in 1867. Morris graduated from Harvard University in 1885. Career In 1893, Morris served a term in the New York Legislature as a member of the Assembly for the 116th New York State ...
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Alfred Morris (cricketer)
Alfred Morris (11 September 1876 – 29 March 1961) was an English cricketer. Morris was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in West Hartlepool, County Durham. Morris made his debut for Durham against Northumberland in the 1905 Minor Counties Championship. He played Minor counties cricket for Durham from 1905 to 1904, making 89 Minor Counties Championship appearances. He made a first-class appearance for the Minor Counties against the touring South Africans in 1912. In this match, he scored 3 runs in the Minor Counties only innings before being dismissed by Sid Pegler. In the South Africans only innings, he took all three wickets to fall in the innings: Louis Tancred, Tommy Ward and Tip Snooke for the cost of 5 runs from 6.3 overs. He made a further first-class appearance in 1912 for an England XI against the touring Australians. He took figures of 4/50 in the Australians first-innings, while in their second he took figures of 3/25 ...
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Edwin Morris (bishop)
Alfred Edwin Morris (8 May 1894 – 19 October 1971) was the Bishop of Monmouth and Archbishop of Wales in the middle of the 20th century. After World War I service with the RAMC he was educated at University of Wales, Lampeter, St David's College Lampeter and then St John's College, Oxford. Ordained in 1924 he became Professor of Hebrew and Theology at St David's College, Lampeter, holding the post until his elevation to the episcopate. A noted author and Prelate, Sub-Prelate of the Venerable Order of Saint John, Order of St John of Jerusalem, he retired in 1967 and died four years later. His papers are held at the Roderic Bowen Library. A staunch defender of the Church in Wales, Morris attracted controversy when he said that "The Church in Wales is the Catholic Church in this land" and referred to Roman Catholic and Nonconformist clergy as being "strictly speaking, intruders" whose rights to function in Wales could not be acknowledged. He also campaigned against the retenti ...
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Alf Morris
Alfred Morris, Baron Morris of Manchester, (23 March 1928 – 12 August 2012) was a British Labour Co-operative politician and disability rights campaigner. Political career Morris served as Member of Parliament for Manchester Wythenshawe from 1964 until 1997, having previously unsuccessfully fought the, then, safe Conservative seat of Liverpool Garston in 1951 and the Wythenshawe seat in 1959.Cleminson, PeterAlf Morris: the people's parliamentarian, '' The Legion'', retrieved 23 January 2010 He served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Fred Peart, the Agriculture Minister. Morris campaigned against British entry to the Common Market and in May 1967 Prime Minister Harold Wilson sacked him, and six others, for abstaining in a Commons vote on the issue. Fred Peart did not appoint a replacement and Morris continued to work for him, albeit unofficially. In 1968, Peart became Leader of the Commons and reappointed Morris as his Parliamentary Private Secretary. In 1970 Morris ...
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Alfred Morris (university Administrator)
Alfred Cosier Morris (born 12 November 1941) is a British academic. He was the first vice-chancellor of the University of the West of England in Bristol from 1992 to 2005 and before that was director of its predecessor, Bristol Polytechnic, from 1986. Education Educated at Hymers College, Morris went on to study financial control at the University of Lancaster. Career In September 2008, Morris was appointed interim vice-chancellor of the University of Wales, Lampeter in order to ensure the creation of a new institution incorporating Trinity University College and University of Wales, Lampeter. In May 2009, it was announced that Morris had been appointed interim vice-chancellor of London Metropolitan University, following the resignation of Brian Roper. He was succeeded in November 2009 by Malcolm Gillies. Since 2004, Morris has been a member of the Society of Merchant Venturers The Society of Merchant Venturers is a charitable organisation in the English city of Bris ...
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Alfred Morris (American Football)
Alfred Bruce Morris (born December 12, 1988) is an American football running back who is a free agent. He played college football at Florida Atlantic and was drafted by the Washington Redskins in the sixth round of the 2012 NFL Draft. He has also played for the San Francisco 49ers, Dallas Cowboys, Arizona Cardinals, and New York Giants. Early life Morris attended Pine Forest High School in Pensacola, Florida, where he was a letterman in football, basketball, and track. In football, he saw action on both sides of the ball. As a senior, he rushed for 1,049 yards with 17 touchdowns and added 147 tackles and five interceptions on defense. He was named North West Florida MVP, first-team All-State and was a game MVP. He also participated in the PSA All-Star Game. Academically, he was named the student-athlete of the month for Pine Forest. While he was in sixth grade, he played youth football against future Pensacola football stars, wide receiver Doug Baldwin and running back Trent Ri ...
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