MORISON, SIR THEODORE, son of James Augustus Cotter Morison, Fitzjohn’s Avenue, Hampstead, Middlesex, writer, and Frances Adelaide, dau. of George Virtue, Walton on Thames, Surrey, publisher; b. 9 May 1863; adm. 26 Sep 1878 (G); elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1882 (with Triplett), adm. pens. 4 Oct 1882; BA 1885; MA 1889; DCL Durham 1920; tutor to Maharajahs of Chhaturpur and Charkhari 1886-8; Professor, Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental Coll., Aligarh 1889-99, Principal of Coll. 1899-1905; member, Council of India 19 Dec 1906 – 18 Dec 1916; member, Royal Commission on Public Services of India 1913-5; 2nd Lieut., 1st bn. Cambridge Regt., 16 Nov 1915; served East African Expeditionary Force 1916-8, and afterwards at War Office; demobilised Apr 1919, with rank Lieut. -Col.; Principal, Armstrong College, Newcastle upon Tyne 1919-29; Vice-Chancellor, Durham Univ., 1924-6; Director, British Institute, Paris, from 1933; KCIE 1 Jan 1910; KCSI 1 Jan 1917; CBE 3 Jun 1918; Officier de la Croix de Léopold (Belgium) 1918; author, The Industrial Organisation of an Indian Province, 1906, and other works; m. 21 Oct 1895 Margaret, dau. of Right Hon. Arthur Cohen KC MP, Cumberland Place, Hyde Park, London; d. 24 Feb 1936. DNB.
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