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John Patrick Morris (1894 - 31 July 1962) was a British
Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for
Salford North from 1931 until 1945.
[1] He was educated at secondary school in Bolton, saw active service with the Royal Engineers in the
First World War, and was a member of the
London Stock Exchange and
Manchester Stock Exchange.
[2]
[3] He is noted for highlighting the persecution of the
Jews in pre-war Nazi Germany, having brought up the issue in the
House of Commons in 1933.
[4]
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Hansard 1803–2005:
contributions in Parliament by Mr John Morris
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Raymond Streat, The diary Of Sir Raymond Street, edited by Marguerite Dupree, Publ. Manchester University Press, 1988. (
Footnote, page 141)
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"Salford, North". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer.
British Newspaper Archive. 17 October 1931. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
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^ Harry Defries, Conservative Party Attitudes to Jews 1900-1950, publ. Routledge, 2014 (reprint),
ISBN
1135284628, 9781135284626, 280 pages (
page 120)