William Morton may refer to:
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 ...
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William Morton (MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed) (fl. 1584–1593), MP for
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Berwick-upon-Tweed (), sometimes known as Berwick-on-Tweed or simply Berwick, is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, south of the Anglo-Scottish border, and the northernmost town in England. The 2011 United Kingdom census recor ...
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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
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William Morton (American politician) (fl. 1886–1888), mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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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), En ...
, American boxer, see
Boxing at the 1955 Pan American Games
The Men's Boxing Tournament at the 1955 Pan American Games was held in Mexico City, Mexico, from March 12 to March 26, with the inclusion of two new weight divisions (Light Welterweight and Light Middleweight) to the existing eight.
Medal winne ...
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William Morton (cricketer) (1961–2019), Scottish cricketer
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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
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William Morton (footballer), English footballer
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Bill Morton (American football) (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
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William T. G. Morton
William Thomas Green Morton (August 9, 1819 – July 15, 1868) was an American dentist and physician who first publicly demonstrated the use of inhaled ether as a surgical anesthetic in 1846. The promotion of his questionable claim to have been th ...
(1819–1868), American dentist, the first to publicly use ether anesthesia
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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
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William H. Morton (1877–1947), British locomotive engineer and General Manager of the Great Southern Railways of Ireland
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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
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William Morton (priest) (born 1956), Dean of Derry
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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
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Bill Morton (disambiguation)
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Billy Morton, American burglar and underworld figure, also known as Billy Porter
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William Moreton
William Moreton (1641 – 21 November 1715) was an English prelate in the Church of Ireland who served as the Bishop of Meath from 1705-1716.
Life
He was born in Chester in 1641, eldest son of Edward Moreton (1599–1665), prebendary of Chester ...
(1641–1715), Anglican bishop in Ireland
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William Moreton (judge)
Sir William Moreton (c.1696 – 14 March 1763) of Little Moreton Hall, Cheshire was an English judge, Recorder of London and Member of Parliament.
He was born the second son of the Rt. Rev. William Moreton, Bishop of Kildare (1681-1705) and Bish ...
(c. 1696 – 1763), English judge
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