The Morton Baronetcy, of Milbourne St Andrew in the County of

Dorset Dorset ( ; archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the unitary authority areas of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and Dorset. Covering an area of , ...

, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 1 March 1619 for George Morton, subsequently

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. The second Baronet represented Poole and Weymouth and Melcombe Regis in the

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. The title became extinct on his death in 1699.George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage, Volume 1'' 1900
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Morton baronets, of Milbourne St Andrew (1619)

Sir George Morton, 1st Baronet Sir George Morton, 1st Baronet (died 1662) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1626. Morton was the son of Sir George Morton of Milbourne St Andrew, Dorset and his wife Joan Holloway of Walton. He succeeded ...

(died 1662) *

Sir John Morton, 2nd Baronet Sir John Morton, 2nd Baronet (c. 1627–1699) of Milbourne St Andrew in Dorset, was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1661 and 1695. Origins He was the eldest surviving son of Sir George Morton, 1st Ba ...

(–1699)

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