Edward Morton (1858–1922) was a British 19th-century author. His works included the musical comedy

San Toy ''San Toy, or The Emperor's Own'' is a "Chinese" musical comedy in two acts, first performed at Daly's Theatre, London, on 21 October 1899, and ran for 768 performances (edging out the same composer's ''The Geisha'' as the second longest run ...

. The only child of Edward Morton and his wife Rosamund was

J. B. Morton John Cameron Andrieu Bingham Michael Morton, better known by his preferred abbreviation J. B. Morton (7 June 1893 – 10 May 1979) was an English humorous writer noted for authoring a column called "By the Way" under the pen name 'Beachcomber' in ...

, who became a noted columnist and humourist.

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1870 births 1922 deaths British dramatists and playwrights British male dramatists and playwrights {{UK-theat-stub