Moreton may refer to:

People

Given name

Moreton John Wheatley Colonel Moreton John Wheatley (2 March 1837 – 13 May 1916WHEATLEY, Col Moreton John', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016) was a British Army officer who was Bailiff of the Royal Parks from 1879 to 1 ...

(1837–1916), British Army officer and Bailiff of the Royal Parks

Surname

Alice Bertha Moreton Alice Bertha Moreton, née Tippin, (23 March 1901 – 6 January 1977) was an English sculptor, draughtsman and artist from Liverpool. Biography Moreton was born in the Walton district of Liverpool where her father, David Tippin, was a builder an ...

(1901–1977), English sculptor, draughtsman and artist *

Andrew Moreton Andrew Moreton is a pseudonym used by Daniel Defoe in several pamphlets published between 1725 and 1729, proposing some new reflections on themes already discussed in Defoe's 1697 '' An essay upon projects''. Moreton is presented as a crotchety mid ...

, a pseudonym of Daniel Defoe *

Arabella Moreton Arabella Moreton (after 1690 – 1727) was a British poet. Moreton was the daughter of Matthew Ducie Moreton who was the MP for Gloucestershire between 1708 and 1713, and between 1715 and 1720. She died unmarried in May 1727. Moreton's poem ''A ...

(after 1690–1727), British poet *

Berkeley Moreton, 4th Earl of Ducie Berkeley Basil Moreton, 4th Earl of Ducie (18 July 1834 – 7 August 1924), was a British peer and a politician and pastoralist in Australia. He was a Member of both the Queensland Legislative Assembly and the Queensland Legislative Council. E ...

(1834–1924), British peer *

Marie Evelyn Moreton Evelyn Byng, Viscountess Byng of Vimy ( Marie Evelyn Moreton; 11 January 1870 – 20 June 1949), also known as Lady Byng, was the wife of Lord Byng, the 12th Governor General of Canada (1921–26). Biography Born as Marie Evelyn Moreton ...

(1870–1949), Lady Byng *

Ivor Moreton Ivor Moreton and Dave Kaye were an English musical variety double act who were known for performing syncopated piano duets together from the 1930s to 1950s. The duo consisted of pianists Ivor Arthur Moreton (born Arthur Lethbridge; 18 March 190 ...

(1908–1984), British singer and pianist *

Jimmy Moreton Jimmy J. Moreton (22 September 1891 – August 1942) was a football player and manager. He joined Tranmere Rovers from Cammell Laird in July 1910. He was switched from right-half to outside right, where he set up countless goals for a successi ...

(1891–1942), English football player and manager *

John Moreton Sir John Oscar Moreton (28 December 1917 – 14 October 2012) was a British diplomat. Early life Moreton born in Oakham, Rutland, and was educated at St Edward's School, Oxford and Trinity College, Oxford. He served in the Royal Artillery dur ...

(1917–2012), British diplomat * John Alfred Moreton, Royal Navy officer during the First World War *

Julian Moreton The Reverend Julian Moreton (1825–1900) was a Church of England ( Anglican) clergyman and author who travelled from England to Newfoundland, Canada to be ordained as a missionary for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts ...

(1825–1900), Anglican missionary *

Kevin Moreton Kevin Moreton (born 19 January 1959) is an English actor, best known for his portrayal of Kevin Marsh in ''Coronation Street'', the British prime-time soap opera set in the fictional town of Weatherfield, made by Granada Television (now ITV Stu ...

(born 1959), English actor *

Matthew Moreton, 1st Baron Ducie Matthew Ducie Moreton, 1st Baron Ducie (1663–1735) of Moreton, Staffordshire, and Tortworth, Gloucestershire, was a British Army officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1708 and 1720 when he was raised to the peerage as ...

(1663–1735), British Army officer and politician *

Nicolas Moreton Nicolas Moreton (born in 1961 in Watford, Hertfordshire) is a British artist. Predominantly a stone carver, two of his sculptures are in permanent public locations in Milton Keynes. A National Stone Carving residency around four English cathedral ...

(born 1961), English artist *

Penelope Moreton Penelope Moreton (born 23 March 1932) is an Irish equestrian. She competed in two events at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es ...

(born 1932), Irish equestrian *

Ray Moreton Raymond Claude "Ray" Moreton (30 January 1942 – 20 July 2016) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A second five-eighth and centre, Moreton represented and at a provincial level. He was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Bl ...

(1942–2016), New Zealand rugby union player *

Robert Moreton Robert Moreton (born Henry Moreton; 25 June 1922 – 22 July 1957) was an English comedian and actor. Biography Born in Teddington, Middlesex, he initially had a successful straight acting career with the Old Vic Theatre, before becoming a s ...

(1922–1957), English comedian and actor born Henry Moreton *

Samuel Horatio Moreton Samuel Horatio Moreton (1843–21 March 1921) was a notable New Zealand painter and signwriter, artist, explorer. He was born in London, England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales ...

(1843–1921), New Zealand artist, and explorer *

Stephen Moreton Stephen John Patrick Moreton (born 9 September 1984) is a former Irish cricketer. Moreton is a right-handed batsman who bowls leg break. He was born at Birmingham, Warwickshire. While attending Oxford Brookes University, Moreton made his fir ...

(born 1984), Irish cricketer *

Ursula Moreton Ursula Moreton (13 March 1903 – 24 June 1973) was a British ballerina and teacher, director of the Royal Ballet School from 1952 to 1968. Early life She was born in Southsea on 13 March 1903. Career Dancer Moreton studied with Cecchetti and debu ...

(1903–1973), English ballerina and teacher *

Will Moreton Will Moreton (born December 5, 1997) is an American basketball player who plays for Albacete of the Spanish LEB Plata. College career Moreton played four seasons for the Stonehill Skyhawks in the Northeast-10 Conference. In 2020, Moreton was nam ...

(born 1997), American basketball player *

William Moreton William Moreton (1641 – 21 November 1715) was an English prelate in the Church of Ireland who served as the Bishop of Meath from 1705-1716. Life He was born in Chester in 1641, eldest son of Edward Moreton (1599–1665), prebendary of Chester ...

(1641–1715), English prelate in the Church of Ireland *

(–1763), English judge and politician

Places

Antarctica

Moreton Point Moreton Point is a point north of Return Point at the western end of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands off Antarctica. It was roughly charted by Captains George Powell and Nathaniel Palmer in 1821, and was named by Discovery Inves ...

, South Orkney Islands

Australia

Division of Moreton The Division of Moreton is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. History The division was one of the original 65 divisions contested at the first federal election. It is named after Moreton Bay, and originally stretched from south ...

, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in Queensland *

Moreton Bay Moreton Bay is a bay located on the eastern coast of Australia from central Brisbane, Queensland. It is one of Queensland's most important coastal resources. The waters of Moreton Bay are a popular destination for recreational anglers and are ...

, a large bay near Brisbane, Queensland **

Moreton Island Moreton Island (Mulgumpin) is an island on the eastern side of Moreton Bay on the coast of South East Queensland, Australia. The Coral Sea lies on the east coast of the island. Moreton Island lies northeast of the Queensland capital, Brisbane. ...

, a large island within the bay **

Cape Moreton Cape Moreton is a rocky headland at the north eastern tip of Moreton Island in South East Queensland, Australia. The surrounding area is part of the Moreton Island National Park. Flinders Reef is north-west of Cape Moreton. The outcrop is mos ...

, a rocky headland on the north eastern tip of Moreton Island *

Moreton Bay Region The Moreton Bay Region is a local government area in the north of the Brisbane metropolitan city in South East Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it replaced three established local government areas, the City of Redcliffe and the Shires ...

, a local government area in South East Queensland *

West Moreton West Moreton is a region of the Australian state of Queensland, consisting of the entire rural western portion of South East Queensland. It sits inland from both the Brisbane metropolitan area and the Gold Coast and to the east of the Darling Do ...

, a statistical region of the state of Queensland, consisting of the entire rural western portion of South East Queensland

Greenland

Moreton station Lindenow Fjord or Kangerlussuatsiaq, is a fjord in the King Frederick VI Coast, Kujalleq municipality, southern Greenland. History Igdlukulik, an archaeological site with the ruins of a former Inuit settlement lies by the shore where the Nørrear ...

, a Norwegian hunting, meteorological and radio station in Southeastern Greenland

United Kingdom

Moreton, Dorset Moreton is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England, situated on the River Frome about east of Dorchester. In the 2011 census the civil parish had 158 households and a population of 373. It has a number of long distance footpaths and cyc ...

Moreton, Essex Moreton is a village in the Epping Forest district of the County of Essex, England. It is located 7.2 miles (11.6 km) east of Harlow and 3.2 miles (5.14 km) north-west of Chipping Ongar. Two thousand years ago, it was the point at whic ...

* Moreton, Herefordshire, north of Leominster *

Moreton, Oxfordshire There are several places in Oxfordshire, England, called Moreton (meaning "habitation on a marsh"): *The two neighbouring villages of North and South Moreton in the old Moreton Hundred. *The hamlet (in previous times a larger village) of Moreton ...

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North Moreton North Moreton is a village and civil parish about east of Didcot. It was part of Wallingford Rural District in Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to the new South Oxfordshire District of Oxfordshire. The 2011 Census re ...

South Moreton South Moreton is a village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England, about east of Didcot, west of Wallingford, and south of Abingdon. It is only separated by the Great Western Railway cutting from its twin village of North Moreton, a ...

** Moreton, South Oxfordshire, near Thame *

Moreton, Merseyside Moreton is a town on the north coast of the Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, England. It is located approximately to the west of Wallasey. Historically part of Cheshire, it is now within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral. The town was divided in ...

Moreton, Staffordshire Moreton is a small rural village in the borough of Stafford in Staffordshire, England, near the border with Shropshire. It lies south-west from the former site of Gnosall railway station, and south-east from Newport, both on the Stafford an ...

Moreton Corbet Moreton Corbet is a village in the Civil parishes in England, civil parish of Moreton Corbet and Lee Brockhurst in Shropshire, England. The village's Toponymy, toponym refers to the Corbet baronets, the local landowners. It is just north of th ...

, Shropshire *

Moreton Jeffries Moreton Jeffries (or Moreton Jefferies) is a hamlet in the English county of Herefordshire. It is situated off the A465 between Stoke Lacy and Burley Gate, approximately 8½ miles north-east of Hereford. It has a medieval church, which has bee ...

, Herefordshire *

Moreton Morrell Moreton Morrell is a village and civil parish in the county of Warwickshire, England. It is part of the historic hundred of Kington and is located about three and a half miles north west of the village of Kineton. The settlement was first mentio ...

, Warwickshire *

Moreton Pinkney Moreton Pinkney is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, about north of Brackley. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 371. The villages name means 'Moor farm/settlement'. It was held by the family of Pinchengi ...

, Northamptonshire *

Moreton Road Moreton Road is a residential road in the Oxford suburb of North Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. Location The road runs east–west. At the western end of the road is a junction with Woodstock Road (A4144) and at the eastern end is a ...

, a road in north Oxford, Oxfordshire *

Moreton Say Moreton Say is a small village and sparsely populated civil parish in Shropshire, England, near the borders with Cheshire and Staffordshire, just northwest of the town of Market Drayton. It is sometimes spelled ''Moreton Saye'' or ''Moreton Se ...

, Shropshire *

Moreton Valence Moreton Valence is a village and civil parish south-west of Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England. The village is on the A38 road, A38, just east from the river Severn. The estimated population of the civil parish in 2016 was 165. The Gloucester ...

, Gloucestershire *

Moreton-in-Marsh Moreton-in-Marsh is a market town in the Evenlode Valley, within the Cotswolds district and Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Gloucestershire, England. The town stands at the crossroads of the Fosse Way Roman road (now the A429) and the ...

, Gloucestershire *

Moreton on Lugg Moreton on Lugg is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England. The city and county town of Hereford is approximately to the south; the market and minster town of Leominster to the north. The village lies between the A49 trunk r ...

, Herefordshire *

Moretonhampstead Moretonhampstead (anciently ''Moreton Hampstead'') is a market town, parish and ancient manor in Devon, situated on the north-eastern edge of Dartmoor, within the Dartmoor National Park. The parish now includes the hamlet of Doccombe (), and i ...

, Devon

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* , a Royal Australian Navy in Brisbane, Queensland