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Lord Morley

Lord Morley of Blackburn was born on December 24th 1838.

Lawyer and journalist, MP for Newcastle then Viscount 1908. Morley was a distinguished political commentator and his opposition to British entry into the First World War led him to leave government in 1914.

Bill Paterson plays Lord Morley

With such a lengthy career in acting it is hard to believe that Bill almost didn’t become an actor. Before he attended the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama he had been going down the path of working as a quantity surveyor, having spent three years as an apprentice.

However his true love of acting won out and he spent a large portion of the 1970s treading the boards before moving into a predominately television based career. From Auf Wiedersehen Pet to Doctor Who he has been a well-recognised figure on our screens for decades.

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