Sir Christopher Jeremy Morse KCMG (10 December 1928 – 4 February 2016) was an English banker, cruciverbalist and chess composer who was Chancellor of the University of Bristol from 1989 to 2003,[1] and was chairman of Lloyds Bank.

[2] Morse was born in Kensington, London, in 1928, the only son (he had a younger sister) of Francis John Morse, of Lenwade House, Norwich, and his wife, Kinbarra, daughter of barrister Edward Armfield-Marrow.

[6] He went on to attend New College, Oxford, after completing two years of national service with the 60th Rifles in Mandatory Palestine.

[13] In 2006 Morse was awarded the title of World Federation for Chess Composition Honorary Master.

[4] Morse died from complications of jaw cancer at Royal Trinity Hospice in London on 4 February 2016, at the age of 87.