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'{{Short description|British politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} [[File:William_Ewart_Morse.jpg|thumb|right|William Ewart Morse]] '''William Ewart Morse''' (23 November 1878 – 18 December 1952) was an English businessman and [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]] politician, briefly [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Bridgwater (UK Parliament constituency)|Bridgwater]] and later a member of [[Wiltshire County Council]]. ==Family and education== Morse was the son of [[Levi Lapper Morse]], a prominent [[Swindon]] shopkeeper <ref>E. H. Goddard, ''The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine''; Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, Item notes 1937-1939, p527</ref> and the Liberal [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for the [[Wilton (UK Parliament constituency)|Wilton or South Division]] of [[Wiltshire]] from 1906 to 1910. He was educated at the High School, Swindon. In 1910 he married Alma the daughter of Hawthorn Thornton of [[South Africa]], a [[civil engineer]].<ref name="The Women's Who's Who p288">''The Women's Who's Who'', Shaw Publishing, 1934 p288</ref> They appear to have two sons and a daughter.<ref name="ReferenceA">Who was Who, OUP 2007</ref> Their second son, Stanley, was killed on active service with the [[Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve]] in 1941.<ref>The Times, 18 August 1941 p1</ref> ==Career== Morse was a director of a limited company <ref name="ReferenceA"/> and a leading businessman in Swindon.<ref name="The Times, 23 September 1936 p9">The Times, 23 September 1936 p9</ref> His wife owned Croft Down Kennels, which bred at least one champion dog.<ref name="The Women's Who's Who p288" /> He served as President of Swindon [[Chamber of Commerce]] and was a [[Freemason]] for 40 years, [[Masonic Lodge Officers|Past Master]] of the Royal Sussex Lodge of Emulation, 355 and held the office of Provincial Grand Standard Bearer.<ref name="Who was Who, OUP 2007">''Who was Who'', OUP 2007</ref> ==Religion== Morse, like his father, was a lifelong member of the [[Primitive Methodist Church]]. In 1923 he was one of three Primitive Methodists chosen to represent his denomination on the British Council of the World Alliance for Promoting International Friendship through the Churches.<ref>The Times, 2 May 1923 p12</ref> He was elected vice-president of the Primitive Methodist Church for 1925–26.<ref name="Who was Who, OUP 2007" /> ==Politics== ===Local politics=== Morse followed his father's path in politics as in religion, perhaps prompted by his given forenames. In local politics, Morse was a member of Swindon Town Council for 20 years. He was chairman of the finance committee, an [[alderman]]<ref>The Times, 26 October 1922 p8</ref> and served as [[mayor]] of Swindon for two years. Morse was also elected to [[Wiltshire County Council]] and sat for 30 years on that authority.<ref name="Who was Who, OUP 2007" /> He also served as a [[justice of the jeace]] and was chairman of one of Swindon's three rotas of justices.<ref name="The Times, 23 September 1936 p9"/> ===Parliament=== Morse first stood for Parliament at the [[1922 United Kingdom general election|1922 general election]] in the [[Bridgwater (UK Parliament constituency)|Bridgwater Division]] of [[Somerset]]. He narrowly failed to defeat the sitting [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] MP, [[Robert Sanders, 1st Baron Bayford|Sir Robert Sanders]], losing by 119 votes in a three-cornered contest. The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] candidate, [[Thomas Samuel Beauchamp Williams|T. S. B. Williams]], came in third place losing his [[Deposit (politics)|deposit]].<ref>F W S Craig, ''British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949''; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow, 1949 p454</ref> Morse was Liberal candidate again in Bridgewater at the [[1923 United Kingdom general election|1923 general election]]. This time he gained the seat from Sanders in a straight fight by a majority of 1,431 votes.<ref>F W S Craig, ''British Parliamentary Election Results, 1918-1949'' p454</ref> He fought the seat again in [[1924 United Kingdom general election|1924]], this time in another three-cornered contest. Sanders had announced he would not fight the Bridgwater Division again after his defeat and stood down as [[Tory]] candidate.<ref name="The Times, 22 October 1924 p8">''The Times'', 22 October 1924 p8</ref> He had been replaced for the Tories by Brooks Crompton Wood. The Labour Party was represented by a local trade union official, and a former Liberal Party worker, Mr J M Boltz. Boltlz's intervention threatened to split the anti-Tory vote depriving Morse, who was said to be a strong candidate, of a seat he was otherwise predicted to hold.<ref name="The Times, 22 October 1924 p8" /> Boltz gained 1,966 votes and Labour again forfeited their deposit. Wood took the seat from Morse by a majority of 3,441.<ref>F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results, 1918-1949 p454</ref> In the [[1929 United Kingdom general election|1929 general election]] Morse switched Somerset constituencies, this time standing for the seaside seat of [[Weston-Super-Mare (UK Parliament constituency)|Weston-Super-Mare]]. In a three-cornered contest in which the Labour candidate [[Constance Borrett]] lost her deposit, Morse came second to the sitting Conservative MP [[John Erskine, Lord Erskine|Lord Erskine]] losing by 5,679 votes.<ref>F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results, 1918-1949 p458</ref> He did not stand for Parliament again. ==Death== [[File:Lapper Morse Memorial.jpg|thumb|Memorial in Radnor Streer Cemetery with inscription to William Ewart Morse at the bottom.]] Morse died on 18 December 1952 at the age of 74 years. There is an inscription to him on his father's memorial in Radnor Street Cemetery in Swindon.<ref>{{Cite web |title=L Lapper Morse Died: 10 Sep 1913 BillionGraves Record |url=https://billiongraves.com/grave/L-Lapper-Morse/42452712 |access-date=2022-05-24 |website=BillionGraves |language=en}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist|2}} == External links == * {{Hansard-contribs | mr-william-morse | William Morse }} {{s-start}} {{s-par|uk}} {{succession box | title = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Bridgwater (UK Parliament constituency)|Bridgwater]] | years = [[1923 United Kingdom general election|1923]] – [[1924 United Kingdom general election|1924]] | before = [[Robert Sanders, 1st Baron Bayford|Sir Robert Sanders, Bt]] | after = [[Brooks Wood]] }} {{s-end}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Morse, William Ewart}} [[Category:Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies]] [[Category:UK MPs 1923–1924]] [[Category:Mayors of places in Wiltshire]] [[Category:Members of Wiltshire County Council]] [[Category:Politicians from Somerset]] [[Category:People from Swindon]] [[Category:English Methodists]] [[Category:1878 births]] [[Category:1952 deaths]]'
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'{{Short description|porn star}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} [[File:William_John_Morse.jpg|thumb|right|William John Morse]] '''William John Morse''' (11 May 2010- 30 October 2024) was an Australian porn star and male striper, briefly porn cameraman for garage porn R US and later a member of hotmeninmyarea.com. ==Family and education== Morse was the son of, a prominent [[Swindon]] shopkeeper <ref>E. H. Goddard, ''The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine''; Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, Item notes 1937-1939, p527</ref> and the Liberal [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for the [[Wilton (UK Parliament constituency)|Wilton or South Division]] of [[Wiltshire]] from 1906 to 1910. He was educated at the High School, Swindon. In 1910 he married Alma the daughter of Hawthorn Thornton of [[South Africa]], a [[civil engineer]].<ref name="The Women's Who's Who p288">''The Women's Who's Who'', Shaw Publishing, 1934 p288</ref> They appear to have two sons and a daughter.<ref name="ReferenceA">Who was Who, OUP 2007</ref> Their second son, Stanley, was killed on active service with the [[Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve]] in 1941.<ref>The Times, 18 August 1941 p1</ref> ==Career== Morse was a director of a limited company <ref name="ReferenceA"/> and a leading businessman in Swindon.<ref name="The Times, 23 September 1936 p9">The Times, 23 September 1936 p9</ref> His wife owned Croft Down Kennels, which bred at least one champion dog.<ref name="The Women's Who's Who p288" /> He served as President of Swindon [[Chamber of Commerce]] and was a [[Freemason]] for 40 years, [[Masonic Lodge Officers|Past Master]] of the Royal Sussex Lodge of Emulation, 355 and held the office of Provincial Grand Standard Bearer.<ref name="Who was Who, OUP 2007">''Who was Who'', OUP 2007</ref> ==Religion== Morse, like his father, was a lifelong member of the [[Primitive Methodist Church]]. In 1923 he was one of three Primitive Methodists chosen to represent his denomination on the British Council of the World Alliance for Promoting International Friendship through the Churches.<ref>The Times, 2 May 1923 p12</ref> He was elected vice-president of the Primitive Methodist Church for 1925–26.<ref name="Who was Who, OUP 2007" /> ==Politics== ===Local politics=== Morse followed his father's path in politics as in religion, perhaps prompted by his given forenames. In local politics, Morse was a member of Swindon Town Council for 20 years. He was chairman of the finance committee, an [[alderman]]<ref>The Times, 26 October 1922 p8</ref> and served as [[mayor]] of Swindon for two years. Morse was also elected to [[Wiltshire County Council]] and sat for 30 years on that authority.<ref name="Who was Who, OUP 2007" /> He also served as a [[justice of the jeace]] and was chairman of one of Swindon's three rotas of justices.<ref name="The Times, 23 September 1936 p9"/> ===Parliament=== Morse first stood for Parliament at the [[1922 United Kingdom general election|1922 general election]] in the [[Bridgwater (UK Parliament constituency)|Bridgwater Division]] of [[Somerset]]. He narrowly failed to defeat the sitting [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] MP, [[Robert Sanders, 1st Baron Bayford|Sir Robert Sanders]], losing by 119 votes in a three-cornered contest. The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] candidate, [[Thomas Samuel Beauchamp Williams|T. S. B. Williams]], came in third place losing his [[Deposit (politics)|deposit]].<ref>F W S Craig, ''British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949''; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow, 1949 p454</ref> Morse was Liberal candidate again in Bridgewater at the [[1923 United Kingdom general election|1923 general election]]. This time he gained the seat from Sanders in a straight fight by a majority of 1,431 votes.<ref>F W S Craig, ''British Parliamentary Election Results, 1918-1949'' p454</ref> He fought the seat again in [[1924 United Kingdom general election|1924]], this time in another three-cornered contest. Sanders had announced he would not fight the Bridgwater Division again after his defeat and stood down as [[Tory]] candidate.<ref name="The Times, 22 October 1924 p8">''The Times'', 22 October 1924 p8</ref> He had been replaced for the Tories by Brooks Crompton Wood. The Labour Party was represented by a local trade union official, and a former Liberal Party worker, Mr J M Boltz. Boltlz's intervention threatened to split the anti-Tory vote depriving Morse, who was said to be a strong candidate, of a seat he was otherwise predicted to hold.<ref name="The Times, 22 October 1924 p8" /> Boltz gained 1,966 votes and Labour again forfeited their deposit. Wood took the seat from Morse by a majority of 3,441.<ref>F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results, 1918-1949 p454</ref> In the [[1929 United Kingdom general election|1929 general election]] Morse switched Somerset constituencies, this time standing for the seaside seat of [[Weston-Super-Mare (UK Parliament constituency)|Weston-Super-Mare]]. In a three-cornered contest in which the Labour candidate [[Constance Borrett]] lost her deposit, Morse came second to the sitting Conservative MP [[John Erskine, Lord Erskine|Lord Erskine]] losing by 5,679 votes.<ref>F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results, 1918-1949 p458</ref> He did not stand for Parliament again. ==Death== [[File:Lapper Morse Memorial.jpg|thumb|Memorial in Radnor Streer Cemetery with inscription to William Ewart Morse at the bottom.]] Morse died on 18 December 1952 at the age of 74 years. There is an inscription to him on his father's memorial in Radnor Street Cemetery in Swindon.<ref>{{Cite web |title=L Lapper Morse Died: 10 Sep 1913 BillionGraves Record |url=https://billiongraves.com/grave/L-Lapper-Morse/42452712 |access-date=2022-05-24 |website=BillionGraves |language=en}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist|2}} == External links == * {{Hansard-contribs | mr-william-morse | William Morse }} {{s-start}} {{s-par|uk}} {{succession box | title = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Bridgwater (UK Parliament constituency)|Bridgwater]] | years = [[1923 United Kingdom general election|1923]] – [[1924 United Kingdom general election|1924]] | before = [[Robert Sanders, 1st Baron Bayford|Sir Robert Sanders, Bt]] | after = [[Brooks Wood]] }} {{s-end}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Morse, William Ewart}} [[Category:Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies]] [[Category:UK MPs 1923–1924]] [[Category:Mayors of places in Wiltshire]] [[Category:Members of Wiltshire County Council]] [[Category:Politicians from Somerset]] [[Category:People from Swindon]] [[Category:English Methodists]] [[Category:1878 births]] [[Category:1952 deaths]]'
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'<div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">porn star</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:Error mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/enwiki//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Upload?wpDestFile=William_John_Morse.jpg" class="new" title="File:William John Morse.jpg"><span class="mw-file-element mw-broken-media" data-width="180">File:William John Morse.jpg</span></a><figcaption>William John Morse</figcaption></figure> <p><b>William John Morse</b> (11 May 2010- 30 October 2024) was an Australian porn star and male striper, briefly porn cameraman for garage porn R US and later a member of hotmeninmyarea.com. </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Family_and_education"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Family and education</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Career"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Career</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Religion"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Religion</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#Politics"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Politics</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Local_politics"><span class="tocnumber">4.1</span> <span class="toctext">Local politics</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#Parliament"><span class="tocnumber">4.2</span> <span class="toctext">Parliament</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#Death"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Death</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family_and_education">Family and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=William_Morse_(British_politician)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Family and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Morse was the son of, a prominent <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Swindon" title="Swindon">Swindon</a> shopkeeper <sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and the Liberal <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> for the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Wilton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Wilton (UK Parliament constituency)">Wilton or South Division</a> of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Wiltshire" title="Wiltshire">Wiltshire</a> from 1906 to 1910. He was educated at the High School, Swindon. In 1910 he married Alma the daughter of Hawthorn Thornton of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a>, a <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Civil_engineer" title="Civil engineer">civil engineer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Women&#39;s_Who&#39;s_Who_p288_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Women&#39;s_Who&#39;s_Who_p288-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> They appear to have two sons and a daughter.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Their second son, Stanley, was killed on active service with the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Volunteer_Reserve" title="Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve">Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve</a> in 1941.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=William_Morse_(British_politician)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Morse was a director of a limited company <sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and a leading businessman in Swindon.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Times,_23_September_1936_p9_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Times,_23_September_1936_p9-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> His wife owned Croft Down Kennels, which bred at least one champion dog.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Women&#39;s_Who&#39;s_Who_p288_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Women&#39;s_Who&#39;s_Who_p288-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He served as President of Swindon <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Chamber_of_Commerce" class="mw-redirect" title="Chamber of Commerce">Chamber of Commerce</a> and was a <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Freemason" class="mw-redirect" title="Freemason">Freemason</a> for 40 years, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Masonic_Lodge_Officers" class="mw-redirect" title="Masonic Lodge Officers">Past Master</a> of the Royal Sussex Lodge of Emulation, 355 and held the office of Provincial Grand Standard Bearer.<sup id="cite_ref-Who_was_Who,_OUP_2007_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Who_was_Who,_OUP_2007-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Religion">Religion</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=William_Morse_(British_politician)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Morse, like his father, was a lifelong member of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Primitive_Methodist_Church" title="Primitive Methodist Church">Primitive Methodist Church</a>. In 1923 he was one of three Primitive Methodists chosen to represent his denomination on the British Council of the World Alliance for Promoting International Friendship through the Churches.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He was elected vice-president of the Primitive Methodist Church for 1925–26.<sup id="cite_ref-Who_was_Who,_OUP_2007_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Who_was_Who,_OUP_2007-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=William_Morse_(British_politician)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local_politics">Local politics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=William_Morse_(British_politician)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: Local politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Morse followed his father's path in politics as in religion, perhaps prompted by his given forenames. In local politics, Morse was a member of Swindon Town Council for 20 years. He was chairman of the finance committee, an <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Alderman" title="Alderman">alderman</a><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and served as <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">mayor</a> of Swindon for two years. Morse was also elected to <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Wiltshire_County_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Wiltshire County Council">Wiltshire County Council</a> and sat for 30 years on that authority.<sup id="cite_ref-Who_was_Who,_OUP_2007_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Who_was_Who,_OUP_2007-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He also served as a <a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Justice_of_the_jeace&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Justice of the jeace (page does not exist)">justice of the jeace</a> and was chairman of one of Swindon's three rotas of justices.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Times,_23_September_1936_p9_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Times,_23_September_1936_p9-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parliament">Parliament</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=William_Morse_(British_politician)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Morse first stood for Parliament at the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/1922_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1922 United Kingdom general election">1922 general election</a> in the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bridgwater_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bridgwater (UK Parliament constituency)">Bridgwater Division</a> of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Somerset" title="Somerset">Somerset</a>. He narrowly failed to defeat the sitting <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> MP, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Robert_Sanders,_1st_Baron_Bayford" title="Robert Sanders, 1st Baron Bayford">Sir Robert Sanders</a>, losing by 119 votes in a three-cornered contest. The <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> candidate, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Thomas_Samuel_Beauchamp_Williams" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Samuel Beauchamp Williams">T. S. B. Williams</a>, came in third place losing his <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Deposit_(politics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Deposit (politics)">deposit</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Morse was Liberal candidate again in Bridgewater at the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/1923_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1923 United Kingdom general election">1923 general election</a>. This time he gained the seat from Sanders in a straight fight by a majority of 1,431 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He fought the seat again in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/1924_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1924 United Kingdom general election">1924</a>, this time in another three-cornered contest. Sanders had announced he would not fight the Bridgwater Division again after his defeat and stood down as <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Tory" title="Tory">Tory</a> candidate.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Times,_22_October_1924_p8_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Times,_22_October_1924_p8-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He had been replaced for the Tories by Brooks Crompton Wood. The Labour Party was represented by a local trade union official, and a former Liberal Party worker, Mr J M Boltz. Boltlz's intervention threatened to split the anti-Tory vote depriving Morse, who was said to be a strong candidate, of a seat he was otherwise predicted to hold.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Times,_22_October_1924_p8_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Times,_22_October_1924_p8-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Boltz gained 1,966 votes and Labour again forfeited their deposit. Wood took the seat from Morse by a majority of 3,441.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/1929_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1929 United Kingdom general election">1929 general election</a> Morse switched Somerset constituencies, this time standing for the seaside seat of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Weston-Super-Mare_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Weston-Super-Mare (UK Parliament constituency)">Weston-Super-Mare</a>. In a three-cornered contest in which the Labour candidate <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Constance_Borrett" title="Constance Borrett">Constance Borrett</a> lost her deposit, Morse came second to the sitting Conservative MP <a href="/enwiki/wiki/John_Erskine,_Lord_Erskine" title="John Erskine, Lord Erskine">Lord Erskine</a> losing by 5,679 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He did not stand for Parliament again. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=William_Morse_(British_politician)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Lapper_Morse_Memorial.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Lapper_Morse_Memorial.jpg/220px-Lapper_Morse_Memorial.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="338" class="mw-file-element" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Lapper_Morse_Memorial.jpg/330px-Lapper_Morse_Memorial.jpg 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Lapper_Morse_Memorial.jpg 2x" data-file-width="416" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>Memorial in Radnor Streer Cemetery with inscription to William Ewart Morse at the bottom.</figcaption></figure> <p>Morse died on 18 December 1952 at the age of 74 years. </p><p>There is an inscription to him on his father's memorial in Radnor Street Cemetery in Swindon.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=William_Morse_(British_politician)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">E. 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Goddard, <i>The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine</i>; Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, Item notes 1937-1939, p527</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-The_Women&#39;s_Who&#39;s_Who_p288-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-The_Women&#39;s_Who&#39;s_Who_p288_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-The_Women&#39;s_Who&#39;s_Who_p288_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>The Women's Who's Who</i>, Shaw Publishing, 1934 p288</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ReferenceA-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ReferenceA_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ReferenceA_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Who was Who, OUP 2007</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Times, 18 August 1941 p1</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-The_Times,_23_September_1936_p9-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-The_Times,_23_September_1936_p9_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-The_Times,_23_September_1936_p9_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">The Times, 23 September 1936 p9</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Who_was_Who,_OUP_2007-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Who_was_Who,_OUP_2007_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Who_was_Who,_OUP_2007_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Who_was_Who,_OUP_2007_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Who was Who</i>, OUP 2007</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Times, 2 May 1923 p12</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Times, 26 October 1922 p8</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">F W S Craig, <i>British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949</i>; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow, 1949 p454</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">F W S Craig, <i>British Parliamentary Election Results, 1918-1949</i> p454</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-The_Times,_22_October_1924_p8-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-The_Times,_22_October_1924_p8_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-The_Times,_22_October_1924_p8_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>The Times</i>, 22 October 1924 p8</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results, 1918-1949 p454</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results, 1918-1949 p458</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://billiongraves.com/grave/L-Lapper-Morse/42452712">"L Lapper Morse Died: 10 Sep 1913 BillionGraves Record"</a>. <i>BillionGraves</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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