Brian Robert Morris, Baron Morris of Castle Morris , (4 December 1930 – 30 April 2001), was a British poet, critic and professor of literature. He became the Labour Party 's deputy chief whip and education spokesman in the House of Lords .
15-737: (Redirected from Llansantffraid ) Llansanffraid and variant spellings of this place-name may refer to the following places (all in Wales): Llansantffraed , a parish and small settlement in Talybont-on-Usk, near Brecon, in Powys Llansantffraid, Ceredigion or Llansantffraed, a parish and village near Llanon in Ceredigion Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog , or Glyn Ceiriog,
30-807: A village in Wrexham County Borough. Llansanffraid Glyndyfrdwy , a former parish in Denbighshire Llansantffraed, Monmouthshire , a parish and village near Raglan in Monmouthshire Llansantffraid railway station , a former station in Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain, Powys Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain , a village between Oswestry and Welshpool in Powys Llansanffraid Glan Conwy , former port on
45-613: Is a parish in the community of Talybont-on-Usk in Powys , Wales, near Brecon . The benefice of Llansantffraed with Llanrhystud and Llanddeiniol falls within the Diocese of St Davids in the Church in Wales . The church of St Ffraed is a Grade II listed building . It was largely restored in 1690 and was completely rebuilt in 1885 by the architect Stephen W. Williams . The parish
60-472: Is the burial place of the poet Henry Vaughan (1621–1695), who was born in the hamlet of Scethrog within the parish. Vaughan's grave in the churchyard, on the slopes of a hill known as Allt yr Esgair or simply The Allt, overlooks the River Usk . The poets Siegfried Sassoon , Roland Mathias , Brian Morris and Anne Cluysenaar were all inspired to write poems by their visits to the grave. Sassoon's "At
75-590: The University of Wales . Retaining a home in Derbyshire, he saw his Lampeter appointment as an opportunity to get back in touch with his roots. In addition to literary criticism such as his study of Harri Webb (1993) for the University of Wales Press in the "Writers of Wales" series, his publications included several poetry collections, including Tide-Race (1976), Dear Tokens (1987) and The Waters of Comfort (1998). His collected poems were published in
90-668: The Grave of Henry Vaughan" is the best-known of these and is read every year at the graveside following the Vaughan memorial service. Another grave of note in the churchyard is a Grade II listed tomb erected for the Gwynne-Holford family, residents of nearby Buckland Hall (see below). The family included James Gwynne-Holford , Conservative member of parliament for Brecon (died 1886). Vaughan's twin brother, Thomas Vaughan , became rector of Llansantffraed in about 1644. He
105-614: The River Conwy See also [ edit ] Cwmdauddwr , Powys, also known as Llansanffraid Cwmteuddwr St Brides-super-Ely , Vale of Glamorgan, called Llansanffraid-ar-Elái in Welsh St Brides Wentloog , Vale of Glamorgan, called Llansanffraid Gwynllŵg in Welsh [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with
120-872: The same name exists. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 1,880. Brian Morris, Baron Morris of Castle Morris Born and educated in Cardiff , Morris went on, after national service with the Welsh Regiment, to read English at Worcester College, Oxford . He stayed on at Oxford as a tutor in Old and Middle English while doing his doctorate on John Cleveland , the Cavalier poet. In 1955, he married Sandra James, and they had two children. His major promotion came in 1971 when he began his decade as professor of English literature at Sheffield University , in succession to William Empson . From 1964 to 1986, he
135-502: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Llansanffraid&oldid=1243001743 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Llansantffraed Llansantffraed (Llansantffraed-juxta-Usk)
150-482: The unelected body by pointing out "Manchester United football team isn't chosen by popular vote". A brilliant and respected speech writer, his speeches in the house were sprinkled with quotations from Shakespeare , Goldsmith, Juvenal and Alexander Pope . When Morris reminded the Tories of the saying "Whom God wishes to destroy, he first sends mad," he used the original Latin . Morris never forgot his Welsh roots, and
165-481: The year of his death by Rare Books & Berry Ltd. In 1990, Morris was made a life peer with the title Baron Morris of Castle Morris , of St Dogmaels in the County of Dyfed , expanding his name – to distinguish it from an earlier Baron Morris – by adding "of Castle Morris", a small and largely insignificant hamlet between Fishguard and St David's and actually spelt Castlemorris . He justified his appointment to
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#1732798624550180-535: Was a nationalist sympathiser. Whilst he never was a fluent speaker of the Welsh language , he fought for its legal status in the nation. Later in his political career, Morris was marginalised within the Labour Party for being too ' Old Labour ' by supporters of the new party leader Tony Blair . Prior to Labour's 1997 election win, a fellow Labour politician, Bernard Donoughue , commented in his diary that Morris
195-595: Was forced to vacate the position in 1650, on grounds that included his having been on the Royalist side during the English Civil War . The Old Rectory, which stands close by the church to the northwest, is a Grade II listed building, with an estimated date of late 18th century. It is thought to have been built as a hunting lodge for the Buckland estate and converted into a rectory in the 19th century, but
210-634: Was general editor of the New Mermaid dramatists, and from 1974 to 1982 of the New Arden Shakespeare. He also edited the poems of Cleveland and the plays of John Ford, while using his acquired administrative skills on the board of the National Portrait Gallery . These skills were fully tested when, in 1980, he was named principal of what was then St David's University College , the smallest and most endangered part of
225-606: Was released by the church during the 1950s. It later became a guest house. Buckland Hall, home of the Gwynne-Holfords, stands in a large park a small distance from the village. It is a Grade II listed building . Its Edwardian garden is listed, also at Grade II, on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales . The park contains a tennis pavilion , graded at II*, by Henry Avray Tipping . An electoral ward with
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