16 Facts About Peter Morrison

Sir Peter Hugh Morrison was a British Conservative politician, MP for Chester from 1974 to 1992, and Parliamentary Private Secretary to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

Peter Morrison was educated at Eton and Keble College, Oxford, where he read Law.

Peter Morrison was first elected to the House of Commons in the general election of February 1974 for Chester.

Peter Morrison was one of the first backbench MPs to urge Margaret Thatcher to stand for the Party leadership in 1975.

In 1990, Peter Morrison became Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher; he was the leader of her campaign team in the Conservative leadership election in the same year.

Peter Morrison was relaxed about Thatcher's prospects and predicted an easy win for her.

Peter Morrison claimed that he had assurances from enough MPs that they were Thatcher supporters to be certain she would win.

Peter Morrison said to her: "Prime Minister, if you haven't won then there are a lot of Tory MPs who are lying".

Peter Morrison stood down at the 1992 general election, being succeeded as MP for Chester by Gyles Brandreth.

Peter Morrison was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in February 1991.

Peter Morrison died of a heart attack early in the morning of 13 July 1995, aged 51.

Peter Morrison swore absolutely that there was no truth in it.

Peter Morrison was known to want to be chairman of the party after the 1987 election, but it was understood that this would be too risky.

Investigative journalist Nick Davies reported in The Guardian that Peter Morrison received a caution for cottaging with underage boys in public lavatories.

Gyles Brandreth, Peter Morrison's successor as MP for Chester, said that he was told by multiple constituents that Peter Morrison was "a disgusting pervert" and a "monster".

The alleged victim said he was walking in the village of Harting in West Sussex in 1982, when Peter Morrison gave him some money and later lured him to London.