Morris Baronets

There have been four Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Morris, all in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.

The Morris Baronetcy, of Clasemont in the County of Glamorgan, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 12 May 1806 for the Welsh copper and coal magnate John Morris. The 1st Baronet founded Morriston the industrial suburb of Swansea, which was overlooked by the family seat at Clasemont. This was later knocked down, and the stones incorporated into the new family house at Sketty Park. Various lines died out and the baronetcy eventually came to the 8th Baronet who succeeded at the age of 88 three month before his death. The 8th Baronet had been a local industrialist and Welsh international rugby player. The ninth Baronet was the painter and horticulturalist Cedric Morris.^[1] The presumed tenth Baronet never successfully proved his succession and was never on the Official Roll of the Baronetage. The presumed eleventh and present Baronet has also not successfully proven his succession and is therefore not on the Official Roll of the Baronetage, with the baronetcy considered dormant since 1982.^[2]

The Morris Baronetcy was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 14 September 1885. For more information on this creation, see the Baron Killanin.

The Morris Baronetcy, of Cavendish Square, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 24 July 1909 for Henry Morris. The title became extinct on his death in 1926.

The Morris Baronetcy was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 27 March 1929. For more information on this creation, see the Viscount Nuffield.

Morris Baronets, of Clasemont (1806)

• Sir John Morris, 1st Baronet (1745–1819)
• Sir John Morris, 2nd Baronet (1775–1855)
• Sir John Armine Morris, 3rd Baronet (1813–1893)
• Sir Robert Armine Morris, 4th Baronet (1848–1927)
• Sir Tankerville Robert Armine Morris, 5th Baronet (1892–1937)
• Sir George Cecil Morris, 6th Baronet (1852–1940)
• Sir Herbert Edward Morris, 7th Baronet (1884–1947)
• Sir George Lockwood Morris, 8th Baronet (1859–1947)
• Sir Cedric Lockwood Morris, 9th Baronet (1889–1982)
• Sir Robert Byng Morris, 10th Baronet (1913–1999)
• Sir Allan Lindsay Morris, 11th Baronet (b. 1961)

Morris Baronets (1885)

• see the Baron Killanin

Morris Baronets, of Cavendish Square (1909)

• Sir Henry Morris, 1st Baronet (1844–1926)

Morris Baronets (1929)

• see the Viscount Nuffield

References

1. ^ Richard Morphet Cedric Morris Tate gallery 1984 ISBN 0946590060
2. ^ The Standing Council of the Baronetage

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
• Leigh Rayment' s baronetage page