Rhys Hopkin Morris

Sir Rhys Hopkin Morris MBE (5 September 1888 – 22 November 1956), was a Welsh Liberal politician who was a Member of Parliament from 1923–1932 and from 1945–1956.

[1] He was educated at local schools in Glamorgan, at University of Wales, Bangor, where he studied philosophy and graduated in 1912, and at King's College London following World War I, where he read law.

[2] Morris served continually in the armed forces during the war, from December 1914 until January 1919, possessing the rank of Lieutenant in the 2nd Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers by its end and being twice wounded - the second time seriously.

His opposition to both Lloyd George and the introduction of tariffs resulted in his remaining with the official ("Samuelite") Liberals when the party split three ways in advance of the 1931 general election.

This post, together with his age, combined to exclude him for consideration for the Liberal Party leadership when Clement Davies stood down in October 1956.