John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn

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John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn, was a British Liberal statesman and influential writer who served as Secretary of State for India and played a key role in early 20th-century constitutional reforms of British India.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician
Liberal Party politician
Viscount in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
biographer
human
political writer
statesman
awardedTitle Viscount Morley of Blackburn
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
createdPeerage 1908
dateOfBirth 1838-12-24
dateOfDeath 1923-09-23
edited Fortnightly Review
Pall Mall Gazette
educatedAt Cheltenham College
Lincoln College, Oxford
ideology Gladstonian liberalism
linked to: Liberalism

classical liberalism
knownFor Morley–Minto reforms
constitutional reforms of British India
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party (UK)
movement Irish Home Rule
name John Morley
nobleTitle 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn
notableWork Life of Gladstone
Life of Richard Cobden
On Compromise
Recollections
occupation author
editor
journalist
politician
parliamentaryConstituencyRepresented Blackburn
Montrose Burghs
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
linked to: Newcastle upon Tyne
placeOfBirth Blackburn
Lancashire
placeOfDeath Flowermead, Wimbledon
London
linked to: London, England
positionHeld Cabinet minister of the United Kingdom
Chief Secretary for Ireland
Lord President of the Council
Member of Parliament
Secretary of State for India
religiousView agnosticism
servedInGovernmentOf H. H. Asquith
Henry Campbell-Bannerman

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Morley–Minto Reforms namedAfter John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn
Under-Secretary of State for India officeHeldBy John Morley
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The Fortnightly Review notableEditor John Morley
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Indian Councils Act 1909 introducedBy John Morley
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Indian Councils Act 1909 namedAfter John Morley
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Indian Councils Act 1909 positionHeldByKeyFigure John Morley, Secretary of State for India
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Macmillan's Magazine editor John Morley
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Metaphysical Society member John Morley
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John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn name John Morley
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