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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.

MORSE, EDWARD, only son of Edward Morse, Vauxhall, Surrey; b.; at school under Nicoll and/or Markham; in a letter to William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (qv), dated 21 Apr 1783, he describes himself as having been a contemporary of the Duke’s at Westminster School (Portland MSS, Nottingham Univ., C 47/4/2); adm. Gray’s Inn 30 Mar 1759; [presumably called to bar]; Chief Justice of Senegambia in late 1770s and early 1780s (colony occupied by French 1779, greater part of it ceded to France Sep 1783); living in London 1783; d. in Jamaica 31 Jul 1794.

Morriss, Guy Rallison, son of Ernest Myddleton Morriss, of Putney, solicitor, by Edith Jessie, daughter of Frederick Bennett, of Yorkshire; b. Nov. 5, 1888; adm. Sept. 26, 1901 (R); left July 1906; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. A.S.C. Nov. 8, 1915, Lieut. July 1, 1917; acting Capt. Dec. 29, 1917; admitted a solicitor April 1914, and practised in London until his retirement in 1948; d. Dec. 1952.