Baron Killanin, of Galway in the County of Galway, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. It was created in 1900 for the Irish lawyer and politician Michael Morris, Baron Morris

Michael Morris, 1st Baron Killanin

Michael Morris, 1st Baron Killanin PC, QC , known as Sir Michael Morris, Bt, from 1885 to 1889 and as The Lord Morris between 1889 and 1900, was an Irish lawyer and judge...

, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland

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 from 1887 to 1889 and a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary

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 from 1889 to 1900. He had already been created a Baronet in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1885, and a life peer

Life peer

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 under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876

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 as Baron Morris, of Spiddal in the County of Galway, in 1889. On his death in 1901 the life peerage became extinct while he was succeeded in the baronetcy and hereditary barony by his eldest son, the second Baron. He briefly represented Galway Borough

Galway Borough (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in the House of Commons

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 as a Conservative

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 and also served as Lord Lieutenant of County Galway from 1918 to 1922. He was succeeded by his nephew, the third Baron, the son of George Henry Morris. He was a prominent author, journalist and sports official and served as President of the International Olympic Committee

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 from between 1972 and 1980. the titles are held by his eldest son, the fourth Baron, who succeeded in 1999. He is a film producer.

Barons Killanin (1900)

• Michael Morris, 1st Baron Killanin
  Michael Morris, 1st Baron Killanin
  Michael Morris, 1st Baron Killanin PC, QC , known as Sir Michael Morris, Bt, from 1885 to 1889 and as The Lord Morris between 1889 and 1900, was an Irish lawyer and judge...
  
   (1826–1901)
• Martin Henry Fitzpatrick Morris, 2nd Baron Killanin
  Martin Morris, 2nd Baron Killanin
  Martin Henry FitzPatrick Morris, 2nd Baron Killanin PC , was an Irish Conservative Member of Parliament .-Background and education:...
  
   (1867–1927)
• Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin
  Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin
  Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, MBE, TD was an Irish journalist, author, sports official, the sixth president of the International Olympic Committee...
  
   (1914–1999)
• (George) Redmond (Fitzpatrick) Morris, 4th Baron Killanin
  Red Morris, 4th Baron Killanin
  George Redmond Fitzpatrick Morris, 4th Baron Killanin is an Irish film producer.He is the son of the 3rd Baron Killanin, former President of the International Olympic Committee. He was educated at Gonzaga College Dublin, Ampleforth College and the University of Dublin...
  
   (b. 1947)

The heir apparent

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is the present holder's son the Hon. Luke Michael Geoffrey Morris (b. 1975)