William Morrison, Viscount Dunrossil
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The Right Honourable The Viscount Dunrossil GCMG, MC, KStJ, PC, QC |
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| 14th Governor-General of Australia | |
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In office 2 February 1960 – 3 February 1961 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Robert Menzies |
| Preceded by | Sir William Slim |
| Succeeded by | The Viscount De L'Isle |
| Speaker of the House of Commons | |
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In office 31 October 1951 – 19 September 1959 |
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George VI (1951–52) Elizabeth II (1952–59) |
| Preceded by | Sir Douglas Clifton Brown |
| Succeeded by | Sir Harry Hylton-Foster |
| Postmaster General | |
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In office 15 May 1940 – 1942 |
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| Monarch | George VI |
| Prime Minister | Winston Churchill |
| Preceded by | George Tryon |
| Succeeded by | Harry Crookshank |
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | |
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In office 29 January 1939 – 3 April 1940 |
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| Monarch | George VI |
| Prime Minister | Neville Chamberlain |
| Preceded by | The Earl Winterton |
| Succeeded by | George Tryon |
| Minister of Food | |
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In office 4 September 1939 – 3 April 1940 |
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| Monarch | George VI |
| Prime Minister | Neville Chamberlain |
| Preceded by | Office Established Charles McCurdy as Minister of Food Control, 1921 |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Woolton |
| Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food | |
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In office 29 October 1936 – 29 January 1939 |
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Edward VIII (1936) George VI (1936–39) |
| Prime Minister | Stanley Baldwin |
| Preceded by | Walter Elliot |
| Succeeded by | Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith |
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William Shepherd Morrison 10 August 1893 Torinturk, Scotland |
| Died | 3 February 1961 (aged 67) Canberra, Australia |
| Resting place | St John the Baptist Church, Reid |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
William Shepherd Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil, GCMG, MC, KStJ, PC, QC (10 August 1893 – 3 February 1961) was a British Conservative politician who served as Speaker of the House of Commons and the 14th Governor-General of Australia.
Morrison was born in Scotland and educated at George Watson's College and the University of Edinburgh. He joined the British Army as an officer in the First World War and served with an artillery regiment in France, where he won the Military Cross. In 1919 he left the Army with the rank of Captain. He was elected to the House of Commons as Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Cirencester and Tewkesbury in 1929. In Parliament he acquired the nickname "Shakes", from his habit of quoting from the works of William Shakespeare.
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