Sir John Morris, 1st Baronet

For other people named John Morris, see John Morris (disambiguation).

Sir John Morris, 1st Baronet (15 July 1745 – 25 June 1819) was a Welsh industrialist. He was the second son of Robert Morris, a Shropshire entrepreneur who came to Swansea in 1724 to supervise the Llangyfelach Copper Works, founded in 1717. Morris took over control of the works when the owner, John Lane, was declared bankrupt in 1726.

The family expanded their copper-smelting and coal-mining interests in the Swansea valley throughout the remainder of the eighteenth century, John Morris initiating in 1768 the building of the planned village of Morris Town (today known as Morriston) to house the company's workers. In 1806 he was created a Baronet, of Clasemont in the County of Glamorgan.

References

• Morriston Camera Club
• GENUKI: Morriston in the Parish of Llangyfelach
• Sotheby's (New York): Sales of painting of GEORGE ROMNEY DALTON 1734 - 1802 KENDAL PORTRAIT OF MRS. HENRIETTA MORRIS (wife of Sir John) AND HER SON JOHN
• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
• Leigh Rayment's List of Baronets

Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by New creation	Baronet (of Clasemont) 1806–1819	Succeeded by John Morris