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Morton, John, son of William Lyvet Morton, chief clerk Treasury Solicitor's Office, and Doris Ethel, d. of George Newton of East Sheen; b. 7 Apr. 1922; adm. Sept. 1935 (H); left Mar. 1940; RAFVR 1941-5 (Flt Lieut.), DFC May 1945; an insurance broker; OBE 1972; m. 1st 14 Aug. 1946 Lorna Margaret, d. of John Ernest Albert Lynham MD, of Kingston, Surrey; 2nd 7 Mar. 1975 Cleone Jane Murray, d. of Lieut.-Col. Robert Charlton Merrick of Co. Antnm.

MORTON, JOHN PEIRCE, son of John Morton, London, barrister; b.; adm. 9 Jan 1772; left Whitsun 1774; Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. 7 Jan 1778, aged 16 (as John Pierce Moreton, pupil of “Mr. Meares”); adm. Inner Temple 11 Apr 1778; Ensign and Lieut., 1st Foot Guards 21 Oct 1779; Capt., 73rd Foot 2 Oct 1782; went to India 1783; buried Madras 29 Jan 1785.

Morton, John Edward Cockburn, only son of Edward Reginald Morton, M.D., of St. Mary­lebone, by Margaret Messer, second daughter of John Brunton Handyside, of Drem, East Lothian; b. July 24, 1899; adm. May 2, 1913 (H); left July 1917; served in Great War I; Gunner H.A.C. Reserve Battery June 1917 - March 1919; St. Bartholomew's Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1926; practised at Esher, Surrey, and subsequently in Jamaica; served in Great War II as Flight-Lieut. (Medical) Royal Canadian Air Force; d. 1987.

Morton, John Chalmers, son of Thomas Chalmers Morton FRICS FLAS, of Manchester, and Kate, d. of Edward Ernest Hankinson of Higher Broughton, Lancs; b. 12 Apr. 1917; adm. Apr. 1931 (G); left July 1934; 2nd Lieut. RA (TA) Aug. 1939, RAFVR 1941-5 (Sqdn Ldr), DFC Aug. 1943, wounded; a chartered surveyor, ARICS 1945, FRICS 1953; practised in Manchester; m. 31 Oct. 1953 Patricia Leighton, d. of Rev. William Albert Peel, Rector of Tortworth, Gloucs; d. 8 Feb. 1983.

MORTON, ---; b. ; adm. Mar 1790.

Mortimore, Robert Anthony, son of William Charles Mortimore of Beckenham, Kent, and Harriet Alice, d. of John Broome of Matlock, Derbyshire; b. 27 July 1908; adm. Jan. 1922 (A); left Dec. 1924; a cotton broker; man. Kaduna Textiles Ltd, N. Nigeria; RM 1940-5 (Capt.); man. dir. David Whitehead & Sons 1968, retd 1971; m. 27 Feb. 1946 Katharine Elizabeth Mackenzie, d. of Nathaniel Caine MD, of New Ferry, Cheshire; d. 21 Oct. 1995.

Mortimore, Alaric Charles, brother of Robert Anthony Mortimore (qv); b. 7 Nov. 1911; adm. Sept. 1925 (A), (B) Jan. 1928; left Apr. 1929; John Holt & Co. Liverpool 1929, agent in Dahomey 1933-40 (the last to load palm oil in surf boats from the open beach at Ouidah); RNVR 1941-5 (Lieut.), despatches (France) Mar. 1945; m. 5 Mar. 1945 Pamela Penrose, d. of Charles Penrose Coode, solicitor; d. 1 Aug. 1998.

Mortimer, John Frederick, son of Rupert Vernon Mortimer, businessman, and Dorothy, d. of Tom Bullyment, businessman; b. 21 Jan. 1939; adm. Sept. 1952 (R); left July 1956; SOAS, Univ. of Lond., BA 1969, post-grad. res. 1970-2; European ops. man. Scholastic Internat. Travel 1972-4; administrator Chartered Inst. of Bankers 1972-96; played cricket for Durham CCC; TEFL Qing Dao, China 2006-11; m. 22 Nov. 1971 Erica Juliana Frieda Lloyd, nursery nurse, d. of Robert Lloyd, RA; d. 5 June 2023.

Mortimer, David Anthony, son of Charles Mortimer, solicitor, of Bayswater; b. 9 Dec. 1918; adm. Sept. 1932 (G); left Dec. 1932; d. 20 June 1971.

MORTIMER, BROOKE CUNLIFFE, son of Rev. George Ferris Whidbourne Mortimer DD, Head Master, City of London Sch., and Prebendary of St. Paul’s, and Jane, dau. of Alexander Gordon, Bishopsteignton, Devon; b. 9 Sep 1842; adm. 10 Jun 1852; Corpus Christi Coll. Cambridge, matr. Mich. 1861; BA 1865; MA 1872; ordained deacon 1866, priest 1867 (both Lichfield); Curate, Berrington, Shropshire 1866-8, Hadnall, Shropshire 1868-88; Vicar of Hadnall, Shropshire 1888-1920; [unm. in 1881]; d. 15 Feb 1922.