William Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/William_Morrison,_1st_Viscount_Dunrossil
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:British_peer
gptkb:person
politician
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Edinburgh
gptkbp:birthDate 10 August 1893
gptkbp:birthPlace Torinturk, Argyll, Scotland
gptkbp:children John Morrison, 2nd Viscount Dunrossil
gptkbp:createdPeerage Viscount Dunrossil, of Vallaquie in the Isle of North Uist in the County of Inverness
gptkbp:dateOfPeerageCreation 12 November 1959
gptkbp:deathDate 3 February 1961
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Canberra,_Australia
gptkbp:diedIn true
gptkbp:honorificPrefix gptkb:GCVO
gptkb:GCMG
PC
The Right Honourable
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil
gptkbp:memberOfParliamentFor Cirencester and Tewkesbury
gptkbp:militaryRank Captain
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableFor only Speaker of the House of Commons to become Governor-General of Australia
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:civil_servant
politician
gptkbp:party gptkb:Conservative_Party
gptkbp:predecessor_(Governor-General_of_Australia) gptkb:Sir_William_Slim
gptkbp:predecessor_(Speaker_of_the_House_of_Commons) gptkb:Douglas_Clifton_Brown
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:spouse Catherine Allison Swan
gptkbp:successor_(Governor-General_of_Australia) gptkb:William_Sidney,_1st_Viscount_De_L'Isle
gptkbp:successor_(Speaker_of_the_House_of_Commons) Harry Hylton-Foster
gptkbp:termEnd 1959
gptkbp:termEnd_(Governor-General_of_Australia) 3 February 1961
gptkbp:termEnd_(Speaker_of_the_House_of_Commons) 27 October 1959
gptkbp:termStart 1929
gptkbp:termStart_(Governor-General_of_Australia) 2 February 1960
gptkbp:termStart_(Speaker_of_the_House_of_Commons) 31 October 1951
gptkbp:title gptkb:Speaker_of_the_House_of_Commons
gptkb:Viscount_Dunrossil
Governor General of Canada
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Dunrossil_Drive,_Yarralumla,_Canberra,_ACT
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6