Martin Morris, 2nd Baron Killanin

Martin Henry FitzPatrick Morris, 2nd Baron Killanin,[1] PC(Ire) (22 July 1867 – 11 August 1927) was an Irish Unionist (Conservative) Member of Parliament (MP).

[2] Morris was the eldest son of Michael Morris, 1st Baron Killanin, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, where he was secretary of the University Philosophical Society.

He was appointed to the Privy Council of Ireland in the 1920 New Year Honours following his chairmanship of the Committee on Irish Primary Education.

[4] He was awarded the Knight of Grace of Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England[2] Lord Killanin died in July 1927, aged 60.

He never married and was succeeded by his nephew Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin.

Lord Killanin (centre) as director of the Liffey Power Syndicate inspecting boring operations at Poulaphouca , County Wicklow , as part of a hydro-electric development initiative, 18 August 1923