John Patrick Morris (1894 - 31 July 1962) was a British

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politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Salford North from 1931 until 1945. He was educated at secondary school in Bolton, saw active service with the Royal Engineers in the

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, and was a member of the

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and

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. He is noted for highlighting the persecution of the Jews in pre-war Nazi Germany, having brought up the issue in the

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in 1933.Harry Defries, ''Conservative Party Attitudes to Jews 1900-1950'', publ. Routledge, 2014 (reprint), , 9781135284626, 280 pages
page 120

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Morris, John Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1931–1935 1894 births 1962 deaths Politics of Salford UK MPs 1935–1945 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Salford North