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Law and politics

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William Morton (MP for Leicester) William Morton may refer to: Law and politics *William Morton (MP for Leicester) (fl. 1386–1388), MP for Leicester (UK Parliament constituency), Leicester *William Morton (MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed) (fl. 1584–1593), MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed ( ...
(fl. 1386–1388), MP for
Leicester Leicester ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city, Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest settlement in the East Midlands. The city l ...
* William Morton (MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed) (fl. 1584–1593), MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed *
William Morton (judge) Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Morton KS (1605 – 23 September 1672) was an English judge and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640 and from 1663 to 1665. He fought on the Royalist side in the English Civil War. Life Morton was b ...
(1605–1672), English judge and MP *
William Morton (American politician) William Morton was an American politician. He served as the sixteenth mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania Lancaster, ( ; pdc, Lengeschder) is a city in and the county seat of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It is one of the oldest inland cities ...
(fl. 1886–1888), mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania *
William Morton (Manitoba politician) William Morton (July 3, 1884, in Gladstone, Manitoba – January 28, 1958) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1927 to 1958, and was a cabinet minister in the governments of John Bracken ...
(1884–1958), Canadian politician


Sports

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William Morton (boxer) William Morton may refer to: Law and politics *William Morton (MP for Leicester) (fl. 1386–1388), MP for Leicester * William Morton (MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed) (fl. 1584–1593), MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed *William Morton (judge) (1605–1672), ...
, American boxer, see Boxing at the 1955 Pan American Games *
William Morton (cricketer) William Morton (21 April 1961 – 19 July 2019) was a Scottish cricketer who played with Warwickshire Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, and the largest town i ...
(1961–2019), Scottish cricketer *
William Morton (cyclist) William Morton (20 June 1880 – 21 March 1952) was a British-born Canadian cyclist. He competed in five events at the 1908 Summer Olympics The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) ...
(1880–1952), Canadian cyclist *
William Morton (footballer) William Morton was an English footballer who played as a centre forward. Most likely born in Northumberland, he played the majority of his career in local-league football but also had spells in The Football League. Morton played for Bedlington P ...
, English footballer *
Bill Morton (American football) William Hanson Morton (September 17, 1909 – April 11, 1987) was an American football player and business executive. He played college football for Dartmouth from 1929 to 1931, and later was an executive with American Express. Morton was ele ...
(1909–1987), American football player


Others

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W. L. Morton William Lewis Morton (13 December 1908 – 7 December 1980) was a Canadian historian who specialized in the development of the Canadian west. Along with Arthur R. M. Lower and Donald Creighton he is regarded as one of the dominant Canadian ...
(1908–1980), Canadian historian * William T. G. Morton (1819–1868), American dentist, the first to publicly use ether anesthesia *
William Morton (tenor) William Jacob Morton (27 September 1912 – 10 February 1995) was a Canadian tenor, opera director, and voice teacher born in Deloraine, Manitoba. He first studied singing with Alicia Birkett in Regina, and later with Albert Whitehead and Jame ...
(1912-1995), Canadian opera singer *
William H. Morton William Herbert Morton (14 September 1877–1947) was a British locomotive engineer who rose to the position of general manager of the Great Southern Railways (GSR) in Ireland. He previously held the chief engineering positions for GSR and ...
(1877–1947), British locomotive engineer and General Manager of the Great Southern Railways of Ireland *
William J. Morton William James Morton (July 3, 1845 – March 26, 1920) was a United States physician, an authority in electrotherapeutics. During his career he was convicted for mail fraud, for which conviction he received a presidential pardon after serving so ...
(1845–1920), American physician *
William Morton (priest) William Wright Morton DL has been Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin since 2016. Born in 1956 he was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and ordained in 1989. After a curacy at Drumachose he was the incumbent at Conwal before being appoin ...
(born 1956), Dean of Derry *
William Morton (theatre manager) William Morton (24 January 1838 – 5 July 1938) was an amusement caterer, a theatre and cinema manager in England for 70 years. After an erratic start in Southport, Morton's career stabilised when he took on struggling illusionists Maskelyne and ...
(1839–1939), amusement caterer and theatre and cinema manager in England


See also

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Bill Morton (disambiguation) Bill Morton may refer to: * Bill Morton (SQA), former chief executive of the Scottish Qualifications Authority * Bill Morton (racing driver), former NASCAR Cup Series driver in 1965 Virginia 500 * Bill Morton (American football) William Hanson ...
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Billy Morton William O'Brien (1850 – unknown), better known as Billy Porter but also known by the alias William or Billy Morton, was an American burglar and underworld figure in New York City during the mid-to late 19th century. He and partner Johnny Irving ...
, American burglar and underworld figure, also known as Billy Porter * William Moreton (1641–1715), Anglican bishop in Ireland * William Moreton (judge) (c. 1696 – 1763), English judge {{hndis, Morton, William