Sir George Morton, 1st Baronet (died 1662) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the

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in 1626. Morton was the son of Sir George Morton of Milbourne St Andrew, Dorset and his wife Joan Holloway of Walton. He succeeded to the estate of Milborne on the death of his father in 1611, and was created

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of Milbourne St Andrew in the County of Dorset on 1 March 1619. In 1626, he was elected

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for

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. He was a faithful Royalist during the

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.George E Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage; Vol. 1 English baronetcies, 1611-1625 and Irish, 1618-1625''
/ref> Morton married firstly Catharine Hopton, daughter of Sir Arthur Hopton, of Witham. He married secondly Anne Willoughby, widow of Sir Rotherham Willoughby who had died by July 1634, and daughter of Sir Richard Wortley, of Wortley, Yorkshire. He was succeeded by his son

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, - {{DEFAULTSORT:Morton, George Year of birth missing 1662 deaths Politicians from Dorset English MPs 1626 Cavaliers Baronets in the Baronetage of England