Michael Morris, Baron Naseby

The Lord Naseby
The Right Honourable; The Lord Naseby; PC
	Morris in 2019
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons; Chairman of Ways and Means
	In office; 6 May 1992 – 14 May 1997
Speaker	Betty Boothroyd
Preceded by	Harold Walker
Succeeded by	Alan Haselhurst
Member of the House of Lords; Lord Temporal
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 28 October 1997; Life Peerage
Member of Parliament; for Northampton South
	In office; 28 February 1974 – 8 April 1997
Preceded by	Constituency Created
Succeeded by	Tony Clarke
Personal details
Born	25 November 1936; London, United Kingdom
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Jennifer Margaret Childs
Alma mater	St Catharine's College, Cambridge

Michael Wolfgang Laurence Morris, Baron Naseby, PC (born 25 November 1936) is a British Conservative Party politician.

Early life

Born in London and educated at Bedford School and St Catharine's College, Cambridge, he contested Islington North at the 1966 general election, being beaten by Labour's Gerry Reynolds.

Parliamentary career

Morris was first elected to the House of Commons at the February 1974 general election for the then-marginal seat of Northampton South.[1] His majority was just 179 in February 1974, and 141 in October 1974. In 1983 boundary changes turned it into a safe Conservative seat. Morris oversaw the passing of the Maastricht Treaty in the Commons in his role as Deputy Speaker. He was defeated by 744 votes at the 1997 general election,[2][3] when the Labour Party under Tony Blair won a landslide victory.

From 1992, Morris held the non-voting position of Chairman of Ways and Means and Deputy Speaker, and after the election he accepted a life peerage as Baron Naseby, of Sandy in the County of Bedfordshire on 28 October 1997.[4]

Coat of arms of Michael Morris, Baron Naseby
	Crest Upon a helm with a wreath Argent and Azure behind and grasping two pikes in saltire or beribboned Azure an eagle displayed Argent beaked and legged Or. Escutcheon Azure a pall Argent cotised Or between three lotuses the corollas outwards Argent. Supporters On either side a horse statant erect reguardant Argent maned tailed and unguled and supporting between the forelegs a mace Or. Motto Cogito Ergo Sum [5]

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References

"Patrons". Naseby Battlefield Project. Archived from the original on 7 March 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
"Northampton South". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
Bennetto, Jason; Russell, Ben (18 November 2005). "Two charged over leak of Blair-Bush conversation on conflict". The Independent. London. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
"No. 54851". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 August 1997. p. 8910. "No. 54936". The London Gazette. 3 November 1997. p. 1.
Debrett's Peerage. 2000.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Northampton South 1974 – 1997	Succeeded by Tony Clarke
Preceded by Harold Walker	Chairman of Ways and Means 1992 – 1997	Succeeded by Sir Alan Haselhurst

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[1] "Patrons". Naseby Battlefield Project. Archived from the original on 7 March 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2010.

[2] "Northampton South". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 28 January 2010.

[3] Bennetto, Jason; Russell, Ben (18 November 2005). "Two charged over leak of Blair-Bush conversation on conflict". The Independent. London. Retrieved 28 January 2010.

[4] "No. 54851". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 August 1997. p. 8910. "No. 54936". The London Gazette. 3 November 1997. p. 1.

[5] Debrett's Peerage. 2000.