Sir George Lockwood Morris, 8th Baronet (29 January 1859 - 23 November 1947) was a
Welsh
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industrialist and iron founder. He was also an international
rugby union
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forward who won five caps for
Wales
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. He played club rugby for
Swansea, captaining the club through two seasons, and was the first Swansea player to represent Wales.
Biography
George Lockwood Morris was born on 29 January 1859. He was the great-grandson in a junior branch of the family of
Sir John Morris, 1st Baronet
Sir John Morris, 1st Baronet (15 July 1745 – 25 June 1819), was a British industrialist, active in copper-smelting and coal-mining in Swansea, South Wales.
Biography
Early life
John Morris was born on 15 July 1745. He was the son of Robert Mor ...
, the industrialist and founder of the suburb of
Morriston
Morriston (; cy, Treforys ) is a community in the City and County of Swansea, Wales and falls within the Morriston ward. It is the largest community in Swansea county.
Morriston is sometimes referred to as a distinct town (e.g. the local fo ...
in Swansea. He was educated at
Clifton College
''The spirit nourishes within''
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.
Between 1878 and 1884 he was a noted rugby player.
In 1889 he married Wilhelmina Cory of the
Cory family at Swansea. They lived at Sketty, and had three children - Muriel, who died in her teens,
Cedric Lockwood (1889-1982), who became a noted painter and plantsman, and Nancy (born 1893).
In 1947, at the age of 88, Morris inherited the
Morris
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baronetcy from a distant cousin, three months before his death.
[Richard Morphet ''Cedric Morris'' The Tate Gallery 1984 p17] On his own death, it passed to his son, the artist
Cedric Morris
Sir Cedric Lockwood Morris, 9th Baronet (11 December 1889 – 8 February 1982) was a British artist, art teacher and plantsman. He was born in Swansea in South Wales, but worked mainly in East Anglia. As an artist he is best known for his portra ...
.
Rugby career
Morris joined the Swansea team in 1878, at the age of 19, and in the 1881/82 season he was awarded the captaincy of the Senior XV team, an honour he would hold for the next season.
On 28 January 1882 Morris was selected for the Wales team in their
first rugby match against Ireland. Under the captaincy of
Charles Lewis, Wales won the game two goals and two tries to nil. Morris was selected for the next four Welsh matches including the very first rugby international played in Wales, at
St. Helen's ground, Swansea, in 1883. His final game was in the
1884 Home Nations Championship
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England won the champ ...
, in a game played against Scotland at
Rodney Parade
Rodney Parade is a stadium in the city of Newport, South Wales, owned and operated by the Welsh Rugby Union. It is located on the east bank of the River Usk in Newport city centre. The ground is on Rodney Road, a short walk from the city's c ...
in Newport. Wales lost the game by a drop goal and a
try
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to nil. Morris and his Swansea teammate
Fred Andrews were both replaced from the pack, with Morris' place going to
Cardiff's John Hinton.
International matches played
Wales
[Smith (1980), pg 469.]
* 1882, 1884
* 1882
* 1883, 1884
Arms
Notes
References
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*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
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Rugby union players from Swansea
Welsh rugby union players
Wales international rugby union players
Rugby union forwards
British industrialists
1859 births
1947 deaths
Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Welsh industrialists
People educated at Clifton College
Swansea RFC players