Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin
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His Excellency The Right Honourable The Lord Killanin MBE TD |
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Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin (1976)
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| 6th President of the International Olympic Committee | |
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In office 25 August 1972 – 3 August 1980 |
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| Preceded by | Avery Brundage |
| Succeeded by | Juan Antonio Samaranch |
| Honorary President of the International Olympic Committee | |
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In office August 3, 1980 – April 25, 1999 |
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| Preceded by | "Vacant", last holder Avery Brundage (1975) |
| Succeeded by | "Vacant", next holder Juan Antonio Samaranch (2001) |
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30 July 1914 London, England |
| Died | 25 April 1999 (aged 84) Dublin, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Spouse(s) | Sheila Dunlop |
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Redmond Monica Deborah Mouse John |
| Residence | Dublin, Republic of Ireland |
| Alma mater | Magdalene College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Journalist, film producer, author, business executive, honorary consul |
| Religion | Catholic |
Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, MBE, TD (30 July 1914 – 25 April 1999), was an Irish journalist, author, sports official, and the sixth president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). He succeeded his uncle as Baron Killanin in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1927, which allowed him to sit in the House of Lords at the Palace of Westminster as Lord Killanin upon turning 21.
Morris was born in London. The son of Irish Catholic Lt. Col. The Hon. George Morris who was from Spiddal in Co. Galway. The Morrises were one of the fourteen families making up 'the Tribes of Galway'. His mother was Dora Wesley Hall, an Australian by birth, whose family was from Herefordshire in England. His father was killed in action near Villers-Cotterêts, France, on 1 September 1914 while commanding the Irish Guards. He was educated at Summerfields, St Leonards-on-Sea, Eton College, the Sorbonne in Paris and then Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he was President of the renowned Footlights dramatic club. In the mid-1930s, he began his career as a journalist on Fleet Street, working for the Daily Express, the Daily Sketch and subsequently the Daily Mail. In 1937–38, he was war correspondent during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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