# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-morris-baron-morris-of-aberavon
# Generated: 2026-08-16T11:24:50.513Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-morris-baron-morris-of-aberavon"
name: "John Morris, Baron Morris of Aberavon"
slug: "john-morris-baron-morris-of-aberavon"
description: "John Morris, Baron Morris of Aberavon was a Welsh politician. He was a Labour Party Member of Parliament for over 41 years, from 1959 to 2001, which included a period as Secretary of State for Wales from 1974 to 1979 and as Attorney General between 1997 and 1999. A native Welsh speaker, he was the last living former Labour MP who was first elected in the 1950s. He was also the last surviving member of Harold Wilson's 1974–76 cabinet, and was the longest-serving Privy Counsellor at the time of his death. His combined parliamentary service totalled over 60 years."
tagline: "Welsh politician and barrister (1931-2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Morris_of_Aberavon_crop_2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1931-11-05"
deathDate: "2023-06-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.64
  momentum:             15
  historical:           7.019296
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Morris%2C_Baron_Morris_of_Aberavon"
    title: "John Morris, Baron Morris of Aberavon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Morris%2C_Arglwydd_Morris_o_Aberafan"
    title: "John Morris, Arglwydd Morris o Aberafan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Morris%2C_Baron_Morris_of_Aberavon"
    title: "John Morris, Baron Morris of Aberavon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Morris%2C_Baron_Morris_of_Aberavon"
    title: "John Morris, Baron Morris of Aberavon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Morris_(baron_Morris_d'Aberavon)"
    title: "John Morris (baron Morris d'Aberavon)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Morris_(politico_1931)"
    title: "John Morris (politico 1931)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioannes_Morris%2C_Baro_Morris_de_Aberavon"
    title: "Ioannes Morris, Baro Morris de Aberavon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Morris_(polityk)"
    title: "John Morris (polityk)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q333932"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump