William R. Morris

William R. Morris

Infobox Officeholder
name =William R. Morris
honorific-suffix =CMG ISO


caption =
office =Public Service Commissioner
term_start =1920
term_end =1923
primeminister =William Massey
predecessor =Donald Robertson ISO
successor =Paul Verschaffelt CMG
birth_place =Dublin

William Russell Morris CMG ISO (1853-1936) was the second Public Service Commissioner in New Zealand. He was born in Dublin, and joined the New Zealand Post Office in 1875. He was awarded the ISO in 1917 and the CMG in 1919.

He married Edith Miranda Mountfoot (1857-1938) in 1877.

References

*"Who’s Who in New Zealand" 2nd edition (1925)
*cite book|author=Henderson, Alan|title=The Quest for Efficiency:The Origins of the State Services Commission|ISBN=0477055389


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