Summary
Sir Arthur Clive Morrison-Bell, 1st Baronet (19 April 1871 – 16 April 1956), known as Clive Morrison-Bell, was a British soldier and Conservative Party parliamentarian.[1]
Clive Morrison-Bell | |
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| Born | Arthur Clive Morrison-Bell 19 April 1871 England |
| Died | 16 April 1956 (aged 99) England |
| Education | Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, |
| Occupation(s) | Serviceman and parliamentarian |
| Spouse | Lilah Katherine Julia Wingfield |
| Relatives | Shelagh and Patricia (daughters) |
Biography edit
Arthur was the son of Sir Charles Morrison-Bell, 1st Baronet and Louisa Maria Dawes.[2]
He was educated at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and was commissioned in the Scots Guards in 1890. He served in the Boer War. In 1905, his father was created a Baronet.[3] That same year the family assumed by Royal licence the additional surname and arms of Morrison in 1905, for Charles' mother, Mary Wilhelmina Morrison, the daughter and heiress of Royal Navy officer John Morrison.[4]
Arthur was promoted Major in 1908, and retired from the army the same year.[1]
At the general election of January 1910, Morrison-Bell was elected member of parliament (MP) for Honiton. In 1914, he rejoined the army at the beginning of the First World War, was captured in 1915 and returned to England in 1918.[1]
Morrison-Bell held the seat without a break until 1931, when he retired due to ill-health. He was created a baronet in the 1923 Birthday Honours.[1][5]
Personal life edit
In 1912 Morrison-Bell married Hon. Lilah Katherine Julia Wingfield, daughter of Mervyn Wingfield, 7th Viscount Powerscourt. They had two daughters, Shelagh and Patricia, with a third daughter dying in infancy. Shelagh married Sir Ralph Abercromby Campbell, Chief Justice of the Bahamas, in 1968.[2]
The baronetcy became extinct when he died in 1956.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e "Obituary: Sir Clive Morrison-Bell – 21 Years M.P. For Honton". The Times. 17 April 1956. p. 13.
- ^ a b Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 2783. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
- ^ "No. 27868". The London Gazette. 29 December 1905. p. 9320.
- ^ "No. 27855". The London Gazette. 17 November 1905. p. 7706.
- ^ "No. 32849". The London Gazette. 31 July 1923. p. 5238.
External links edit
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir Clive Morrison-Bell
- Parliamentary Archives, The Morrison-Bell Papers