John Morris, Baron Morris of Aberavon

The Right Honourable The Lord Morris of Aberavon KG PC KC
Official portrait, 2019
Attorney General for England and Wales Attorney General for Northern Ireland
In office 2 May 1997 – 29 July 1999
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Solicitor General	The Lord Falconer of Thoroton Ross Cranston
Preceded by	Nicholas Lyell
Succeeded by	The Lord Williams of Mostyn
Opposition frontbench 1979‍–‍1997 Shadow Attorney General In office 9 June 1983 – 2 May 1997 Leader Michael Foot Neil Kinnock John Smith Margaret Beckett (acting) Tony Blair Preceded by Arthur Davidson Succeeded by Nicholas Lyell In office 14 July 1979 – 24 November 1981 Leader James Callaghan Michael Foot Preceded by Samuel Silkin Succeeded by Peter Archer Shadow Secretary of State for Wales In office 4 May 1979 – 14 July 1979 Leader James Callaghan Preceded by Nicholas Edwards Succeeded by Alec Jones
Ministerial offices 1966‍–‍1979 Secretary of State for Wales In office 5 March 1974 – 4 May 1979 Prime Minister Harold Wilson James Callaghan Preceded by Peter Thomas Succeeded by Nicholas Edwards Minister of Defence for Equipment In office 16 April 1968 – 19 June 1970 Prime Minister Harold Wilson Preceded by Roy Mason Succeeded by Robert Lindsay Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport In office 10 January 1966 – 16 April 1968 Prime Minister Harold Wilson Preceded by George Lindgren Succeeded by Robert Brown
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 3 July 2001 – 5 June 2023 Life peerage
Member of Parliament for Aberavon
In office 8 October 1959 – 14 May 2001
Preceded by	William Cove
Succeeded by	Hywel Francis
Personal details
Born	John Morris (1931-11-05)5 November 1931 Capel Bangor, Wales
Died	5 June 2023(2023-06-05) (aged 91)
Political party	Labour
Spouse	Margaret Lewis ​ (m. 1959)​
Children	3
Alma mater	Aberystwyth University Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

John Morris, Baron Morris of Aberavon, KG, PC, KC (5 November 1931 – 5 June 2023) was a British 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.^[1] He was the last living former Labour MP who was first elected in the 1950s.^[2] 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.^[3] His combined parliamentary service totalled over 60 years.^[4]