Owen Temple-Morris

Sir Owen Temple-Morris, QC (15 September 1896 – 21 April 1985) was a British barrister and Conservative politician, who sat for Cardiff East from 1931 until being appointed a County Court judge in 1942.

The son of Dr Frederick Temple-Morris, a physician and surgeon,^[1] and his wife Florence (daughter of Col Charles Lanyon Owen, C.B., of Portsmouth), Owen Temple-Morris was born at Cardiff. He was admitted as a solicitor in 1919, and was called to the Bar from Gray's Inn in 1925. Temple-Morris was appointed KC in 1937, and later served as chairman of the County Court Rule Committee.^[2]^[3]

In 1927, he married Vera, daughter of David Hamilton Thompson, of Cardiff.^[4]^[5] Their son, Peter Temple-Morris, was also a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), but left the party and later joined Labour Party.

References[edit]

^ Who's who of British members of parliament, Michael Stenton and Stephen Lees, Harvester Press, 1981, p.
^ Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes, vol. 95, Kelly's Directories, 1969, p. 1429
^ Who was Who: A Companion to Who's Who, 1981-1990, A. & C. Black, p. 747
^ Who was Who: A Companion to Who's Who, 1981-1990, A. & C. Black, p. 747
^ Across the Floor: A Life in Dissenting Politics, Peter Temple-Morris, I. B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 2015, ch. 10

A detailed biography of Owen Temple-Morris is available in: Bryant, Kenneth, "Personalities of Wales and The Marches", 1997
Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages ^{[self-published source]} ^{[better source needed]}

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Preceded by James Edmunds	Member of Parliament for Cardiff East 1931–1942	Succeeded by James Grigg

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[1] Who's who of British members of parliament, Michael Stenton and Stephen Lees, Harvester Press, 1981, p.

[2] Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes, vol. 95, Kelly's Directories, 1969, p. 1429

[3] Who was Who: A Companion to Who's Who, 1981-1990, A. & C. Black, p. 747

[4] Who was Who: A Companion to Who's Who, 1981-1990, A. & C. Black, p. 747

[5] Across the Floor: A Life in Dissenting Politics, Peter Temple-Morris, I. B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 2015, ch. 10

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