Bill Morris, Baron Morris of Handsworth

The Right Honourable The Lord Morris of Handsworth OJ DL
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 7 June 2006 – 21 July 2020 Life peerage
General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union
In office 1992–2003
Deputy General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union
In office 1986–1992
Personal details
Born	William Manuel Morris 19 October 1938 (1938-10-19) (age 85) Manchester Parish, Jamaica
Nationality	British
Occupation	legislator, appointee to various quangos
Known for	first black leader of a British trade union

William Manuel Morris, Baron Morris of Handsworth, OJ, DL (born 19 October 1938) is a former British trade union leader. He was General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union from 1992 to 2003, and the first black leader of a major British trade union.

Morris sat in the House of Lords, under the Labour Party whip, from 2006 to 2020.