William R. Morris Explained

William R. Morris
Office:Public Service Commissioner
Term Start:1920
Term End:1923
Primeminister:William Massey
Predecessor:Donald Robertson
Successor:Paul Verschaffelt
Birth Date:1853
Birth Place:Dublin, Ireland
Death Date:1936

William Russell Morris (1853–1936) was the second Public Service Commissioner in New Zealand. He was born in Dublin, and joined the New Zealand Post Office in 1875. He was appointed a Companion of the Imperial Service Order in the 1917 Birthday Honours, and made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 1919 New Year Honours.[1]

He married Edith Miranda Mountfoot (1857–1938) in 1877.

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  1. News: New year honours . 1 January 1919 . New Zealand Herald . 4 . 55 . 17047 . 24 August 2021.