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 ...

(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 (after 1690–1727), British poet * Berkeley Moreton, 4th Earl of Ducie (1834–1924), British peer * Marie Evelyn Moreton (1870–1949), Lady Byng * Ivor Moreton (1908–1984), British singer and pianist * Jimmy Moreton (1891–1942), English football player and manager * John Moreton (1917–2012), British diplomat *

John Alfred Moreton Captain John Alfred Moreton, , Croix de Guerre (France), Legion d'Honneur (France), Order of Leopold (Belgium), China Medal (Boxer Rising with bar for Taku Forts) was an officer of the Royal Navy active in the First World War. For a short period ...

, 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 Par ...

(1825–1900), Anglican missionary * Kevin Moreton (born 1959), English actor * Matthew Moreton, 1st Baron Ducie (1663–1735), British Army officer and politician * Nicolas Moreton (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 (1942–2016), New Zealand rugby union player * Robert Moreton (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 (born 1984), Irish cricketer * Ursula Moreton (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 (1641–1715), English prelate in the Church of Ireland * William Moreton (–1763), English judge and politician

Places

Antarctica

* Moreton Point, South Orkney Islands

Australia

* Division of Moreton, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in Queensland * Moreton Bay, a large bay near Brisbane, Queensland ** Moreton Island, a large island within the bay ** Cape Moreton, a rocky headland on the north eastern tip of Moreton Island * Moreton Bay Region, a local government area in South East Queensland * West Moreton, 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 Nø ...

, 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 ...

* Moreton, Essex * 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 ...

** South Moreton **

Moreton, South Oxfordshire Moreton is a hamlet southwest of Thame in Oxfordshire, England. History Moreton has been in existence as long as Thame, being mentioned with it in the Domesday Book of 1086. In the past the main occupation of the inhabitants was farming — ...

, near Thame * Moreton, Merseyside *

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, Shropshire * Moreton Jeffries, 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, Northamptonshire * Moreton Road, a road in north Oxford, Oxfordshire * Moreton Say, Shropshire * Moreton Valence, Gloucestershire * Moreton-in-Marsh, 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 town, market and Minster (church), minster town of Leominster to the north. The village l ...

, Herefordshire * Moretonhampstead, Devon

Other uses

* , a Royal Australian Navy in Brisbane, Queensland