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Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, MBE, TD (30 July 1914 – 25 April 1999) was an Irish journalist, author, sports official, and the sixth President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). He succeeded his uncle as Baron Killanin in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1927, when he was 12, which allowed him to sit in the House of Lords ...
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Sir Michael Morris, Lord Killanin, the third Baron Killanin of Dublin and Spiddal, succeeded Avery Brundage on 21 August 1972 to become the sixth President of the International Olympic Committee. At that time, he had been an IOC Member for 22 years (since 1950), and he would serve only one eight-year term of office, but it was a tumultuous time.
Apr 21, 2024 · Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin (born July 30, 1914, London, Eng.—died April 25, 1999, Dublin, Ire.) was an Irish author and businessman who in 1972 succeeded Avery Brundage as president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), after having served as IOC vice president since 1968. Morris succeeded his uncle to the title of Baron ...
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Barons Killanin (1900) Michael Morris, 1st Baron Killanin (1826–1901) Martin Henry Fitzpatrick Morris, 2nd Baron Killanin (1867–1927) Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin (1914–1999) (George) Redmond (Fitzpatrick) Morris, 4th Baron Killanin (b. 1947) The heir apparent is the present holder's son the Hon. Luke Michael Geoffrey Morris (b. 1975)
Apr 25, 1999 · Sir Michael Morris, Lord Killanin, the 3rd Baron Killanin of Dublin and Spiddal, succeeded Avery Brundage on 21 August 1972 to become the 6th President of the International Olympic Committee. At that time, he had been an IOC Member for 22 years (since 1950), and he would serve for only one term in office, eight years, but it was a tumultuous time.
Morris, Michael. Morris, Michael (1914–99), 3rd Baron Killanin, writer, film producer, and sports administrator, was born 30 July 1914 in Dublin, son of George Henry Morris, lieutenant-colonel in the Irish Guards, and Dora Morris (née Wesley Hall). His father was killed in action later that year and his mother married Gerard Tharp (1918).
Morris inherited the title of Baron Killanin at the age of 13. He attended Eton College, the Sorbonne, and Magdalene College, Cambridge. At Cambridge he was president of the Footlights, the light entertainment association of the university, edited the literary magazine Varsity, and participated in a range of sports, boxing, rowing, and playing ...
