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  1. William Shepherd Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil, GCMG, MC, PC, QC (10 August 1893 – 3 February 1961), was a British politician. He was a long-serving cabinet minister before serving as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1951 to 1959. He was then appointed as the 14th Governor-General of Australia, in office from 1960 until his ...

  2. Morrison applied himself enthusiastically, though when illness limited his capacity Lady Dunrossil regularly stepped in. Personable and good humoured, the Daily Telegraph remarked that his ‘time in office was marked by none of the straight-from-the-shoulder advice and good-natured criticism of our national foibles for which his predecessor ...

  3. William Shepherd Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil, GCMG, MC, KStJ, PC, QC (10 August 1893 – 3 February 1961), the 14th Governor-General of Australia, was born in Scotland and educated at George Watson's College and the University of Edinburgh. He joined the British Army in the First World War...

  4. There was therefore some surprise when it was announced soon afterwards that he had been chosen to succeed Sir William (Viscount) Slim as governor-general of Australia. Morrison was created Viscount Dunrossil of Vallaquie (on the island of North Uist, Outer Hebrides) and appointed G.C.M.G. that year.

  5. Morrison (surname) William (given name) 1893 births. 1961 deaths. Recipients of the Military Cross. Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George. British Army personnel of World War I. Chancellors of the Duchy of Lancaster. Governors-General of Australia.