Moreton may refer to:

People

Given name

Moreton John Wheatley Colonel Moreton John Wheatley (2 March 1837 – 13 May 1916WHEATLEY, Col Moreton John', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016) was a British Army officer who was Bailiff of the Royal Parks from 1879 to 1 ...

(1837–1916), British Army officer and Bailiff of the Royal Parks

Surname

* Alice Bertha Moreton (1901–1977), English sculptor, draughtsman and artist * Andrew Moreton, a pseudonym of Daniel Defoe *

Arabella Moreton Arabella Moreton (after 1690 – 1727) was a British poet. Moreton was the daughter of Matthew Ducie Moreton who was the MP for Gloucestershire between 1708 and 1713, and between 1715 and 1720. She died unmarried in May 1727. Moreton's poem ''A ...

(after 1690–1727), British poet *

Berkeley Moreton, 4th Earl of Ducie Berkeley Basil Moreton, 4th Earl of Ducie (18 July 1834 – 7 August 1924), was a British peer and a politician and pastoralist in Australia. He was a Member of both the Queensland Legislative Assembly and the Queensland Legislative Council. E ...

(1834–1924), British peer * Marie Evelyn Moreton (1870–1949), Lady Byng *

Ivor Moreton Ivor Moreton and Dave Kaye were an English musical variety double act who were known for performing syncopated piano duets together from the 1930s to 1950s. The duo consisted of pianists Ivor Arthur Moreton (born Arthur Lethbridge; 18 March 190 ...

(1908–1984), British singer and pianist * Jimmy Moreton (1891–1942), English football player and manager *

John Moreton Sir John Oscar Moreton (28 December 1917 – 14 October 2012) was a British diplomat. Early life Moreton born in Oakham, Rutland, and was educated at St Edward's School, Oxford and Trinity College, Oxford. He served in the Royal Artillery duri ...

(1917–2012), British diplomat * John Alfred Moreton, Royal Navy officer during the First World War *

Julian Moreton The Reverend Julian Moreton (1825–1900) was a Church of England ( Anglican) clergyman and author who travelled from England to Newfoundland, Canada to be ordained as a missionary for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts ...

(1825–1900), Anglican missionary *

Kevin Moreton Kevin Moreton (born 19 January 1959) is an English actor, best known for his portrayal of Kevin Marsh in ''Coronation Street'', the British prime-time soap opera set in the fictional town of Weatherfield, made by Granada Television (now ITV St ...

(born 1959), English actor *

Matthew Moreton, 1st Baron Ducie Matthew Ducie Moreton, 1st Baron Ducie (1663–1735) of Moreton, Staffordshire, and Tortworth, Gloucestershire, was a British Army officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1708 and 1720 when he was raised to the peerage as ...

(1663–1735), British Army officer and politician * Nicolas Moreton (born 1961), English artist * Penelope Moreton (born 1932), Irish equestrian * Ray Moreton (1942–2016), New Zealand rugby union player *

Robert Moreton Robert Moreton (born Henry Moreton; 25 June 1922 – 22 July 1957) was an English comedian and actor. Biography Born in Teddington, Middlesex, he initially had a successful straight acting career with the Old Vic Theatre, before becoming a s ...

(1922–1957), English comedian and actor born Henry Moreton *

Samuel Horatio Moreton Samuel Horatio Moreton (1843–21 March 1921) was a notable New Zealand painter and signwriter, artist, explorer. He was born in London, England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales ...

(1843–1921), New Zealand artist, and explorer * Stephen Moreton (born 1984), Irish cricketer *

Ursula Moreton Ursula Moreton (13 March 1903 – 24 June 1973) was a British ballerina and teacher, director of the Royal Ballet School from 1952 to 1968. Early life She was born in Southsea on 13 March 1903. Career Dancer Moreton studied with Cecchetti and deb ...

(1903–1973), English ballerina and teacher * Will Moreton (born 1997), American basketball player *

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), English prelate in the Church of Ireland *

(–1763), English judge and politician

Places

Antarctica

Moreton Point Moreton Point is a point north of Return Point at the western end of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands off Antarctica. It was roughly charted by Captains George Powell and Nathaniel Palmer in 1821, and was named by Discovery Inv ...

, South Orkney Islands

Australia

Division of Moreton The Division of Moreton is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. History The division was one of the original 65 divisions contested at the first federal election. It is named after Moreton Bay, and originally stretched from south ...

, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in Queensland *

Moreton Bay Moreton Bay is a bay located on the eastern coast of Australia from central Brisbane, Queensland. It is one of Queensland's most important coastal resources. The waters of Moreton Bay are a popular destination for recreational anglers and are ...

, a large bay near Brisbane, Queensland **

Moreton Island Moreton Island (Mulgumpin) is an island on the eastern side of Moreton Bay on the coast of South East Queensland, Australia. The Coral Sea lies on the east coast of the island. Moreton Island lies northeast of the Queensland capital, Brisban ...

, a large island within the bay **

Cape Moreton Cape Moreton is a rocky headland at the north eastern tip of Moreton Island in South East Queensland, Australia. The surrounding area is part of the Moreton Island National Park. Flinders Reef is north-west of Cape Moreton. The outcrop is mos ...

, a rocky headland on the north eastern tip of Moreton Island *

Moreton Bay Region The Moreton Bay Region is a local government area in the north of the Brisbane metropolitan city in South East Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it replaced three established local government areas, the City of Redcliffe and the Shir ...

, a local government area in South East Queensland * West Moreton, a statistical region of the state of Queensland, consisting of the entire rural western portion of South East Queensland

Greenland

* Moreton station, a Norwegian hunting, meteorological and radio station in Southeastern Greenland

United Kingdom

* Moreton, Dorset * Moreton, Essex * Moreton, Herefordshire, north of Leominster * Moreton, Oxfordshire: **North Moreton **South Moreton ** Moreton, South Oxfordshire, near Thame * Moreton, Merseyside * Moreton, Staffordshire * Moreton Corbet, Shropshire * Moreton Jeffries, Herefordshire * Moreton Morrell, Warwickshire * Moreton Pinkney, Northamptonshire * Moreton Road, a road in north Oxford, Oxfordshire * Moreton Say, Shropshire * Moreton Valence, Gloucestershire * Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire * Moreton on Lugg, Herefordshire * Moretonhampstead, Devon

Other uses

* , a Royal Australian Navy in Brisbane, Queensland