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Percy Morris : ウィキペディア英語版 | Percy Morris Percy Morris CBE JP (6 October 1893 – 7 March 1967) was a British railway clerk, trade unionist and politician who became Mayor of Swansea and represented the town in Parliament. He specialised in railway issues in Parliament, and after being defeated for re-election, he served on public boards in the field of transport and social security. ==Railway clerk== Morris was born in Swansea, one of ten children of Thomas, an Engineman at the local Copper Works and his wife Emma. He attended Manselton Elementary School followed by Dynevor Secondary School. On leaving school in 1908 he joined the administrative staff of the Great Western Railway.〔"Who Was Who", A & C Black.〕 He joined the Railway Clerks' Association of Great Britain and Ireland and became an active trade unionist. While he was still in his teens, he became involved in the political Labour movement and was said to be "in much demand" as a public speaker.〔"Ald. Percy Morris" (obituary), ''The Times'', 8 March 1967, p. 14.〕 He became a member of the executive committee of the Railway Clerks' Association in 1930.〔"The Times House of Commons, 1950", p. 234.〕
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