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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.

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.