Owen Temple-Morris

His Honour
Sir Owen Temple-Morris

Sir Owen Temple-Morris, QC (15 September 1896 – 21 April 1985) was a British barrister and Conservative politician, who sat for Cardiff East from 1931 until being appointed a County Court judge in 1942.[1]

The son of Dr Frederick Temple-Morris, a physician and surgeon,[2] and his wife Florence (daughter of Col Charles Lanyon Owen, C.B., of Portsmouth), Owen Temple-Morris was born at Cardiff. He was admitted as a solicitor in 1919, and was called to the Bar from Gray's Inn in 1925. Temple-Morris was appointed KC in 1937, and later served as chairman of the County Court Rule Committee.[3][4]

In 1927, he married Vera, daughter of David Hamilton Thompson, of Cardiff.[5][6] Their son, Peter Temple-Morris, was also a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), but left the party and later joined the Labour Party.

References

  1. ^ Bates, Stephen (3 May 2018). "Lord Temple-Morris obituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
  2. ^ Who's who of British members of parliament, Michael Stenton and Stephen Lees, Harvester Press, 1981, p.
  3. ^ Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes, vol. 95, Kelly's Directories, 1969, p. 1429
  4. ^ Who was Who: A Companion to Who's Who, 1981-1990, A. & C. Black, p. 747
  5. ^ Who was Who: A Companion to Who's Who, 1981-1990, A. & C. Black, p. 747
  6. ^ Across the Floor: A Life in Dissenting Politics, Peter Temple-Morris, I. B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 2015, ch. 10

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