Lieutenant Colonel Walter Grant Morden (20 July 1880 – 25 June 1932) was a Canadian-born British Unionist party politician and businessman, who served as Member of Parliament for Brentford and Chiswick from 14 December 1918 - 27 October 1931.
Morden built up a large business empire, becoming involved with over 35 companies in the UK, and many others in Canada.
[5] Morden was director of the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company, the Mexican Mahogany and Rubber Corporation, the New Orleans and Grand Isle Railway Light and Power Co and Pacific Coast Coal Mines, and vice-president of Canada Securities Corporation, Montreal.
[5] Together with Trevor Dawson, managing director of the armaments giant Vickers and a colleague involved with the British Commonwealth Union, Morden was criticised for speculating on the shares of British Celanese, seeking tax breaks and a monopoly over the manufacture of acetate, for the company using undue influence over Reginald McKenna, the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Sam Hughes, the Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence.
His financial difficulties towards the end of his life were attributed to the decline in share prices during the Great Depression.