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[[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==
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== External links ==
* {{Hansard-contribs | mr-william-morse | William Morse }}
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'''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 ==
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Career"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Career</span></a></li>
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<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">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</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's_Who's_Who_p288_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Women's_Who's_Who_p288-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</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">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</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">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<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">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</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">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His wife owned Croft Down Kennels, which bred at least one champion dog.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Women's_Who's_Who_p288_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Women's_Who's_Who_p288-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</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">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<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">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</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">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<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)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div>
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<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">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</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">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also served as a <a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Justice_of_the_jeace&action=edit&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">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<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">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</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">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</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">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</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">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</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">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</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">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He did not stand for Parliament again.
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<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)&action=edit&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">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<ul><li><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Hansard" title="Hansard">Hansard</a></i> 1803–2005: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-william-morse">contributions in Parliament by William Morse</a></li></ul>
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<td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Robert_Sanders,_1st_Baron_Bayford" title="Robert Sanders, 1st Baron Bayford">Sir Robert Sanders, Bt</a></div>
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<td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> for <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bridgwater_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bridgwater (UK Parliament constituency)">Bridgwater</a> </b><br /><a href="/enwiki/wiki/1923_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1923 United Kingdom general election">1923</a> – <a href="/enwiki/wiki/1924_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1924 United Kingdom general election">1924</a>
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<td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Brooks_Wood" title="Brooks Wood">Brooks Wood</a></div>
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