Charles Morrison
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North, South Korea clash at sea before Obama visit (AP)...talks between North Korea and the United States on Pyongyang's nuclear programs. Charles Morrison, president of the East-West Center in Honolulu, agreed. South Korea's military said North Korean ships have violated the sea border on 22... In this article: Barack Obama, North Korea, South Korea, United States, Seoul, U.N., and Pyongyang |
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Sydney Morning Herald - World | November 07, 2009
APEC summit sees US-China reversal
...in which Washington's involvement is unclear. Charles Morrison, president of the East-West Center in Hawaii, said regional nations were content with the current balance in US-China relations. "Asian nations don't want to make choices and...
In this article: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, United States, China, Barack Obama, Lee Hsien Loong, Asia, and Singapore
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Baltimore Sun | November 10, 2009
SKorean troops on high alert for possible NKorean retaliation after naval skirmish
...have been accidental. "This is not the first naval incident, and it is a border area where both sides have different claims," Charles Morrison, president of the Honolulu-based East-West Center, said in Singapore. "So it's possible it's an...
In this article: North Korea, Barack Obama, South Korea, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Seoul, U.S., Causality, Koreas, and Yonhap
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bizjournals: Local Business News | January 06, 2009
Honolulu bids for 2011 APEC meeting
...Convention Center in 2001. "You have the leaders of governments including China, Japan, the United States and Australia at these meetings," said Charles Morrison, president of the East-West Center in Honolulu. "These are big delegations...
In this article: APEC, Honolulu, East-West Center, Asian Development Bank, United States, and Pacific
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AFP Finance News | November 24, 2008
Financial crisis steers APEC back to basics
...Cooperation Council. "Resolving the current crisis is going to take a lot of sustained regional and global cooperation," said Charles Morrison, the Council's chairman and president of the East-West Center in Hawaii. Along with the Group of...
In this article: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Singapore, Barack Obama, Pacific Economic Cooperation Council, Lima, George W. Bush, US, Asean, and Recession
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East-West Dialogue " Issue 1: Renewing the Pacific Partnership
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Sir Charles Andrew Morrison (25 June 1932 – 9 May 2005) was a Conservative Party (UK) politician. The son of the 1st Baron Margadale and educated at Eton, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Devizes from a 1964 by-election until his retirement in 1992, when he was succeeded by Michael Ancram. He was knighted in 1988. His brother was Sir Peter Morrison, former MP for Chester. His sister, the Honourable Dame Mary Morrison, was a Woman of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth II for forty years. (Appointed 1960).
Sir Charles married firstly on 28 Oct, 1954 Antoinette Sara Frances Sibell Long, only child of the 2nd Viscount Long and his wife Frances Laura Charteris. They had two children but the marriage ended in divorce. He married secondly in 1984, Rosalind Elizabeth Lygon. They also divorced.
He purchased Fyfield Manor in Oxfordshire from former Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden in 1966. As a landowner and Conservative Party MP his moderate views did not find favour with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
According to his obituary in The Guardian in May 2005, Sir Charles' great-great-grandfather James Morrison created his vast wealth by stockpiling black crepe fabric in readiness for the mourning of King William IV in 1837, becoming known as "the richest common man in the Empire". In the 1830s, he circumvented high tariffs on pairs of gloves by importing right-handed gloves through Yarmouth, Isle of Wight and left-handed ones through Southampton.
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