Sir William Wilfred Morton, KCB (1906 – 7 January 1981) was a Scottish civil servant. Educated at the

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, he entered the civil service as an official in the

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in 1927. He became a Commissioner of Inland Revenue in 1955, before serving in

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from 1958 to 1965, when he was appointed Chairman of the

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, retiring in 1969."Sir (William) Wilfred Morton"
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''. Retrieved 13 September 2021.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Morton, Wilfred 1906 births 1981 deaths Scottish civil servants Alumni of the University of Glasgow Knights Companion of the Order of the Bath