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James Morrison, 2nd Baron Margadale

Major James Ian Morrison, 2nd Baron Margadale, TD, DL (17 July 1930 – 6 April 2003), was a British peer.

The Right Honourable
The Lord Margadale
TD DL
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
as a hereditary peer
25 May 1996 – 11 November 1999
Preceded byThe 1st Baron Margadale
Succeeded bySeat abolished [a] 
Personal details
Born
James Ian Morrison

17 July 1930
Died6 April 2003(2003-04-06) (aged 72)

Morrison was the son of Major John Morrison, 1st Baron Margadale, and the Honourable Margaret Esther Lucie Smith. He married Clare Barclay, daughter of Anthony Lister Barclay, on 14 October 1952. They had three children:[1]

After Ludgrove and Eton he attended the Royal Agricultural College.[1] He was commissioned into the Life Guards in 1949[2] before transferring into the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry and reaching the rank of Major in 1964.[3] He was a member of Wiltshire County Council in 1955 and again from 1973 to 1977, as well as chairman of the West Wiltshire Conservative Association from 1967 to 1971.[1] He went on to be appointed as Honorary Colonel of the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry in 1982[4] and then of the Royal Wessex Yeomanry from 1984 until 1989.[5]

The family seat is the Fonthill estate in southern Wiltshire.[1] Morrison took over the Fonthill Stud from his father in 1972, and had success in several classic horseraces.[6]

Arms

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Coat of arms of James Morrison, 2nd Baron Margadale
 
 
Crest
Three Saracens' heads conjoined in one neck one looking to the dexter one affrontée and one looking to the sinister all Proper
Escutcheon
Tierced in pairle Azure Sable and Gules in chief a Saracen's head couped affrontée and in base two Saracens' heads addorsed in profile all Argent and at the fess point an inescutcheon parted per pale dexter per bend sinister embattled Gules and Or in dexter chief a battleaxe paleways Argent and in sinister base issuant from a base undy Azure and Argent a tower Sable masoned Argent port Gules (Morrison of Islay) sinister Vert powdered with bezants a horse rearing on its hind legs Argent langued and hoofed Gules (Lordship of Margadale)
Supporters
On either side a woodcock Proper
Motto
Praetio Prudentia Praestat (Prudence Before Any Thought Of A Reward)
Badge
Through an annulet Argent a sword in pale point upwards Proper

Notes

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  1. ^ Under the House of Lords Act 1999.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Obituaries: Lord Margadale". The Telegraph. London. 9 April 2003. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  2. ^ "No. 38618". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 May 1949. p. 2555.
  3. ^ "No. 43382". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 July 1964. p. 6091.
  4. ^ "No. 49180". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 November 1982. p. 15621.
  5. ^ "No. 49787". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 June 1984. p. 8742.
  6. ^ "Stud". The Fonthill Estate. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Baron Margadale
1996–2003
Member of the House of Lords
(1996–1999) 		Succeeded by


 

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