The grave of Thomas Brash Morison, Dean Cemetery

Thomas Brash Morison (21 November 1868 – 28 July 1945) was a Scottish politician and judge. In March 1922 he was created a

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with the title of Lord Morison.

Life

Morison was born in

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. He studied law at the

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where he obtained an MA and LLD. He was

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in Scotland in 1891 and then in England in 1899. He

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in October 1906. He was

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ed in 1906. He was senior Advocate-Depute, 1908–1910 and Deputy Chairman of the Fishery Board for Scotland, 1910–1913. During the same period he also held the post of

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. He was made a

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in 1920. In Edinburgh he lived at 24 Heriot Row in the

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Member of Parliament for

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from 1917 to 1918 and for

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from 1918 to 1922, Morison was

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in the Liberal and Coalition Governments from October 1913 to 1920. In 1920 he was appointed

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and promoted to

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, a post he held until 1922. He

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from the

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on 27 February 1922 by accepting the office of

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. He is buried against the northern wall of the 20th extension to

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in western

with his wife, Isabel Elizabeth Hendry, Lady Morison (1873–1934).

Family

He married twice, firstly to Isabel Elizabeth Hendry secondly to Georgina Morgan Mitchell. His children included Harold Thomas Brash Morison.

References

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* 1868 births 1945 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Highland constituencies

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