Morton-Saner, Robert (known at school as Robert Morton Saner), son of Maj. Albert Elias Saner, Beds & Herts Regt (TA), and Beatrice, d. of William Morton MICE; b. 30 Dec. 1911; adm. Sept. 1925 (H); left July 1930; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1930, BA 1933, MA; ICS Oct. 1934, asst Magistrate and Collector United Provs 1935, Under-Sec. Defence, Govt of lndia, 1940, Chief Admin. Officer GHQ India 1943, Dir. of Resettlement United Provs 1946; HM Foreign Service, 1st Sec. Madras 1947-50, FO London 1950-3, Budapest 1953-5, Counsellor and Consul-Gen. Djakarta 1955-9, Political Counsellor Buenos Aires 1960-4, Consul-Gen. Antwerp 1964-70; retd; MBE 1942, OBE 1946, CBE 1962, CVO 1966; Cdr Order of Leopold II of Belgium; m. 9 Oct. 1943 Katharine Mary Duncan, d. of Robert Gordon of Karachi; d. 26 Sept. 2001.
MORTON, WILLIAM HEPPELL, son of Thomas Morton, St. Martin’s in the Fields, London; b. 14 Mar 1788; adm.; KS 1801; left Christmas 1802; Cadet, EICS Bengal; Bengal Engineers 1803; 2nd Lieut., 15 Apr 1806; Lieut., 23 Jan 1808; Capt., 4 Jul 1818; res. in India 1 Mar 1821; m. at Kanpur, India 24 Aug 1811 Juliana Gowan; d. by 5 May 1829.
MORTON, THOMAS, son of Rev. James Morton, Vicar of Holbeach, Lincs., and Prebendary of Lincoln, and Margaret, dau. of J. Bruce; b. 1 Nov 1836; adm. 28 Sep 1848, BB; Queens’ Coll. Cambridge, matr. Mich. 1854; clerk, Post Office; King’s Coll. London; MB 1862; MD 1865; MRCS LSA 1862; medical practitioner in London; President, Harveian Society; m. 20 Aug 1864 Laura Anne, sister of Bernard Nathaniel Thoms (qv); d. 27 Mar 1905.
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.