John Morris (Conservative politician)

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John Patrick Morris (1894 - 31 July 1962) was a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Salford North from 1931 until 1945. [1] He was educated at secondary school in Bolton, saw active service with the Royal Engineers in the First World War, and was a member of the London Stock Exchange and Manchester Stock Exchange. [2] [3] He is noted for highlighting the persecution of the Jews in pre-war Nazi Germany, having brought up the issue in the House of Commons in 1933. [4]

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References

  1. Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Mr John Morris
  2. Raymond Streat, The diary Of Sir Raymond Street, edited by Marguerite Dupree, Publ. Manchester University Press, 1988. (Footnote, page 141)
  3. "Salford, North" . Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. British Newspaper Archive. 17 October 1931. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  4. Harry Defries, Conservative Party Attitudes to Jews 1900-1950, publ. Routledge, 2014 (reprint), ISBN   1135284628, 9781135284626, 280 pages (page 120)