He was educated at Tonbridge School and at Trinity College, Oxford from which he received a BA, later converted to MA.
From 1921 to 1943 Morris was a fellow and tutor in philosophy at Balliol College, Oxford.
He was appointed headmaster of King Edward's School, Birmingham, in 1941, taking up the post in 1943.
[1] In 1966 the University opened the Charles Morris Hall of Residence named after him.
They had a son and a daughter and wrote a book together, A History of Political Ideas.