Baron Morris of Kenwood
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Baron Morris of Kenwood, of Kenwood in the City of Sheffield, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...

. It was created in 1950 for the Labour
Labour Party (UK)
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 politician Harry Morris
Harry Morris, 1st Baron Morris of Kenwood
Harry Morris, Baron Morris was a British Labour Party politician.He was elected at the 1945 general election as Member of Parliament for Sheffield Central, defeating the Conservative incumbent William Boulton...

. He had previously represented Sheffield Central and Sheffield Neepsend
Sheffield Neepsend (UK Parliament constituency)
Sheffield Neepsend was a short-lived Parliamentary constituency in the City of Sheffield, England. The constituency was created in 1950 and abolished in 1955, presumably due to its low number of electors - never exceeding 50,000...

 in the House of Commons
British House of Commons
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. the title is held by his grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded his father in 2004.

Barons Morris of Kenwood (1950)

  • Harry Morris, 1st Baron Morris of Kenwood
    Harry Morris, 1st Baron Morris of Kenwood
    Harry Morris, Baron Morris was a British Labour Party politician.He was elected at the 1945 general election as Member of Parliament for Sheffield Central, defeating the Conservative incumbent William Boulton...

     (1893–1954)
  • Philip Geoffrey Morris, 2nd Baron Morris of Kenwood (1928–2004)
  • Jonathan David Morris, 3rd Baron Morris of Kenwood (b. 1968)


The heir apparent
Heir apparent
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is the present holder's son the Hon. Benjamin Julian Morris (b. 1998)
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