INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.
Morison.
Member, Royal Public Services Commission, India, 1912. Publications; Imperial Rule in India; Industrial Organisation of an Indian Province. Recreations: Tennis, Riding, and Cycling. Address: Old Avenue Lodge, Weybridge. Club: United University.
Morison, Sir Willam Thomson, C.S.I., (1909), K.C.S.I., (1913), I.C.S. (retired); s. of Patric Morison of Edinburgh; b. 1860; educ.: Fettes College, Edinburgh, and Balliol College, Oxford; m. Mabel Elise, d. of Colonel, J. M. Hunter; joined service as Assistant Collector and Magistrate, Bombay, 1881; transferred to Burma as Deputy Commissioner (medal with clasp), 1887-90; Administrator of Porbandar State, 1894; Collector and Magistrate, Secretary to Government and then Commissioner of Customs, till 1907; Member of Council, Bombay, October 1907; President, Indian Factory Labour Commission, 1908; Commissioner, Poona, 1908; Member of Council, Bombay, 1910; retired, 1911. Address: c/o Grindlay & Co., 54, Parliament Street, S.W.
Morley of Blackburn, 1st Viscount, (1908), Right Hon’ble John, P.C., O.M., M.A., F.R.S., LL.D., D.C.L., Secretary of State for India, (retired); Hon. Fellow, All Souls, Oxon; b. Blackburn, 1838; s. of late Jonathan Morley; educ: Cheltenham College; and Lincoln College, Oxford; called to Bar, (Lincoln’s Inn), 1873; M.P.(L) New Castle-on-Tyne, 1883-95; was twice Chief Secretary to Ireland, 1886, and 1892-95; had a seat in the Cabinet on both the occasions; Bencher, Lincoln’s Inn, 1891: Trustee, British Museum, 1894; M.P.(L). Montrose Burghs, 1896-1908; Member, Historical Manuscripts Commission; Secretary of State for India, 1905 10; during his time the now famous ‘Minto-Morley Scheme’ for the better administration of India was introduced. Publications: Edmund Burke; Critical Miscellanies; Voltire; Rouesseau; The Struggle for National Education; On Compromise; Diderot and the Encyclopaedisats; Burke; The Life of Richard Cobden; Studies in Literature; Oliver Cromwell; Life of Gladstone. Address: Flowermead, Wimbledon Park, S.W. Club: Athenaeum.
Morris, Sir John Henry, K.C.S.I. (1883); I.C.S.; b. 1828; s. of Henry Morris, M.O.S.; educ: at Haileybury; entered I.C.S. in Bengal, 1848; served in the Punjab, 1849-59; N.W.P., 1861-3; Central Provinces, 1863-8; Chief Commissioner, Central Provinces, 1867-83; retired, 1883. Address: 88, Queen’s Gate, Kensingston, S.W. Club: Wellington.
Morvi, Thakur Sahib of; His Highness Sri Wasbji Ravaji, G.C.I.E.; b. 1858; succeeded, 1870; educ: at the Rajkumar College; travelled extensively in Europe; holds the Jagir of Amerdin Cutch; belongs to the same family as the rulers of Nawanagar, etc., and claims descent from the Rao of Cutch; the State is a second class one; area, 822 square miles; population, 88,000; revenue, 7½ lakhs; the Chief is bound by the same engagements with the British as the other Kathiawar Chiefs; entitled to a salute of 11 guns;
