Peter Temple-Morris

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Peter Temple-Morris, Baron Temple-Morris (12 February 1938 – 1 May 2018) was a British politician. He was elected as the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Leominster in 1974; he stood down in 2001 after changing parties. He sat in the House of Lords as a Labour peer.

Early life

Born in Cardiff, Temple-Morris attended Llandaff Cathedral School and Hillstone School (Malvern College's preparatory school) in Malvern, then Malvern College.{{cite ODNB|title = Morris, Peter Temple-, Baron Temple-Morris (1938–2018), politician and author|doi = 10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.90000380605|date = 2022|last = Radice|first = Giles|authorlink = Giles Radice}} He went to St Catharine's College, Cambridge, gaining a BA in Law in 1958. He became a barrister, like his father, from 1962 at the Inner Temple, practising until 1989. His family home was in Cardiff, as his father Sir Owen Temple-Morris was MP for Cardiff East.

Parliamentary career

Temple-Morris was selected as the Conservative candidate for Newport (Monmouthshire) in 1964 and 1966 and Norwood in 1970. In February 1974, he was elected for Leominster, having been selected for the seat in March 1973. That same year, he was appointed vice-chairman, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (UK Branch). In 1979, he was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister of Transport, Norman Fowler, Executive Member, Inter-Parliamentary Union (British Group) and Founding Co-Chairman, British-Irish Inter-Parliamentary Body. He was a member of the Select Committees on Agriculture (1982–83) and on Foreign Affairs (1987–90). Temple-Morris was a strong supporter of Michael Heseltine.

=Crossing the floor=

Temple-Morris resigned after he was suspended from the Conservative Party in 1997 because Tory officials said he had "repeatedly and publicly questioned his continued commitment to the Conservative Party."{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/uk/politics/33560.stm |title=Pro-European quits Tories |accessdate=15 August 2006 |date=22 November 1997 |work=BBC News online |archive-date=9 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081009205527/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/uk/politics/33560.stm |url-status=live }} Speaking after his resignation, the MP told BBC Radio 5 Live: "I'm not surprised in all the circumstances and not a little bit relieved in view of the unhappy state of politics of the Conservative Party for some years now."

The BBC reported that Conservative leader William Hague's action would be seen as an attempt to deflect attention from disappointing election results in Winchester and Beckenham. As for Temple-Morris, his disaffection toward his old party grew due to their hard-line stance on the euro.

From 1997 to 1998, Temple-Morris sat on the government Labour benches, but did not take the whip, instead sitting as a one-man 'Independent One-Nation Conservative' group. However, on Saturday 20 June 1998 he joined the Labour Party but stood down as an MP at the 2001 general election. He is the only person ever to serve as a Labour MP representing Herefordshire, though he was never elected as a member of that party.

=House of Lords=

Temple-Morris was made a life peer on 22 June 2001 as Baron Temple-Morris, of Llandaff in the County of South Glamorgan and of Leominster in the County of Herefordshire.{{London Gazette |issue=56257 |date=27 June 2001 |page=7571}} He sat in the House of Lords as a Labour peer.

Outside politics, Temple-Morris was appointed Chairman of the Macleod Group, an association of left-of-centre Conservative MPs, in 1979. In 1995, he became President of the British-Iranian Business Association Society.

Temple-Morris contributed to the book What next for Labour? Ideas for a new generation in September 2011, his piece being entitled "Labour: Progressive Politics".{{Cite web |title=Contributors |url=http://www.whatnextforlabour.com/contributors/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111016143940/http://www.whatnextforlabour.com/contributors/ |archive-date=16 October 2011 |access-date=10 January 2012 |website=What Next for Labour?}}

Personal life

Temple-Morris's father, Owen Temple-Morris, was also a Conservative MP. His son, Eddy Temple-Morris, is a DJ, Virgin Radio presenter, record producer and former MTV presenter.[http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/eddy-templemorris/boris-johnson-hitler_b_9982194.html Why Boris Johnson Playing the Hitler Card Was So, So Wrong] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160516101959/http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/eddy-templemorris/boris-johnson-hitler_b_9982194.html |date=16 May 2016 }}, The Huffington Post UK, 15 May 2016[http://www.tinnitus.org.uk/our-ambassador Our Ambassador] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151229121908/http://www.tinnitus.org.uk/our-ambassador |date=29 December 2015 }}, British Tinnitus Association{{cite web |title=Eddy Temple-Morris to do mid-mornings on Virgin Radio |url=https://www.wirelessgroup.co.uk/news/news-rns/eddy-temple-morris-to-do-mid-mornings-on-virgin-ra/ |website=Wireless Group |accessdate=11 October 2019 |archive-date=11 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011114247/https://www.wirelessgroup.co.uk/news/news-rns/eddy-temple-morris-to-do-mid-mornings-on-virgin-ra/ |url-status=live }}

Temple-Morris married Taheré Khozeimé-Alam (the daughter of Amir-Hossein Khozeimé Alam of Dezashib who fled to London from Iran in 1979)[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1395257/Amir-Hossein-Khozeime-Alam.html Obituary: Amir Hossein Khozeimé-Alam] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180503111539/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1395257/Amir-Hossein-Khozeime-Alam.html |date=3 May 2018 }}, Daily Telegraph, 25 May 2002 in 1964 in London.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/politics/116614.stm End of uneasy Tory marriage of beliefs] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220330125710/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk/politics/116614.stm |date=30 March 2022 }}, BBC News, 20 June 1998 The couple had two sons and two daughters.[https://books.google.com/books?id=ja2IAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Peter+Temple-Morris%22+daughters Dod's Parliamentary Companion] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808024645/https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ja2IAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Peter+Temple-Morris%22+daughters&dq=%22Peter+Temple-Morris%22+daughters&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwif6ZPQjt3MAhWBCcAKHYwVBcIQ6AEIPjAE |date=8 August 2016 }}, Charles Roger Dod, Vacher Dod Publishing, Limited, Robert Phipps Dod, Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Limited, 2004, page 737

When he was an MP, Temple-Morris was known for his love of shooting, wine and food.

Temple-Morris died from cancer in London on 1 May 2018, at the age of 80.{{cite web|url = https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp#Results|title = TEMPLE-MORRIS, PETER 1938 GRO Reference: DOR Q2/2018 in LAMBETH (241-1A) Entry Number 517282257|website = General Register Office|accessdate = 20 October 2024|url-access = limited}}

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References

External links

[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-temple-morris/267 Lord Temple-Morris - UK Parliament]
{{Hansard-contribs | mr-peter-temple-morris | Peter Temple-Morris }}
[https://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_temple-morris They Work For You]

{{succession box

| title = Member of Parliament for Leominster

| years = February 1974–2001

| before = Sir Clive Bossom

| after = Bill Wiggin

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Category:1938 births

Category:2018 deaths

Category:Alumni of St Catharine's College, Cambridge

Category:Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies

Category:Deaths from cancer in England

Category:Independent members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom