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 Alice Bertha Moreton, née Tippin, (23 March 1901 – 6 January 1977) was an English sculptor, draughtsman and artist from Liverpool. Biography Moreton was born in the Walton district of Liverpool where her father, David Tippin, was a builder an ...

(1901–1977), English sculptor, draughtsman and artist *

Andrew Moreton Andrew Moreton is a pseudonym used by Daniel Defoe in several pamphlets published between 1725 and 1729, proposing some new reflections on themes already discussed in Defoe's 1697 '' An essay upon projects''. Moreton is presented as a crotchety mid ...

, a pseudonym of Daniel Defoe * Arabella Moreton (after 1690–1727), British poet * Berkeley Moreton, 4th Earl of Ducie (1834–1924), British peer *

Marie Evelyn Moreton Evelyn Byng, Viscountess Byng of Vimy ( Marie Evelyn Moreton; 11 January 1870 – 20 June 1949), also known as Lady Byng, was the wife of Lord Byng, the 12th Governor General of Canada (1921–26). Biography Born as Marie Evelyn Moreton ...

(1870–1949), Lady Byng * Ivor Moreton (1908–1984), British singer and pianist *

Jimmy Moreton Jimmy J. Moreton (22 September 1891 – August 1942) was a football player and manager. He joined Tranmere Rovers from Cammell Laird in July 1910. He was switched from right-half to outside right, where he set up countless goals for a successi ...

(1891–1942), English football player and manager * John Moreton (1917–2012), British diplomat *

John Alfred Moreton Captain John Alfred Moreton, , Croix de Guerre (France), Legion d'Honneur (France), Order of Leopold (Belgium), China Medal (Boxer Rising with bar for Taku Forts) was an officer of the Royal Navy active in the First World War. For a short period ...

, 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 (born 1959), English actor * Matthew Moreton, 1st Baron Ducie (1663–1735), British Army officer and politician *

Nicolas Moreton Nicolas Moreton (born in 1961 in Watford, Hertfordshire) is a British artist. Predominantly a stone carver, two of his sculptures are in permanent public locations in Milton Keynes. A National Stone Carving residency around four English cathedral ...

(born 1961), English artist *

Penelope Moreton Penelope Moreton (born 23 March 1932) is an Irish equestrian. She competed in two events at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es ...

(born 1932), Irish equestrian *

Ray Moreton Raymond Claude "Ray" Moreton (30 January 1942 – 20 July 2016) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A second five-eighth and centre, Moreton represented and at a provincial level. He was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Bl ...

(1942–2016), New Zealand rugby union player * Robert Moreton (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 Stephen John Patrick Moreton (born 9 September 1984) is a former Irish cricketer. Moreton is a right-handed batsman who bowls leg break. He was born at Birmingham, Warwickshire. While attending Oxford Brookes University, Moreton made his fir ...

(born 1984), Irish cricketer * Ursula Moreton (1903–1973), English ballerina and teacher *

Will Moreton Will Moreton (born December 5, 1997) is an American basketball player who plays for Albacete of the Spanish LEB Plata. College career Moreton played four seasons for the Stonehill Skyhawks in the Northeast-10 Conference. In 2020, Moreton was nam ...

(born 1997), American basketball player * William Moreton (1641–1715), English prelate in the Church of Ireland * William Moreton (–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 Inves ...

, South Orkney Islands

Australia

* Division of Moreton, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in Queensland * Moreton Bay, 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, Brisbane. ...

, a large island within the bay ** Cape Moreton, a rocky headland on the north eastern tip of Moreton Island * Moreton Bay Region, a local government area in South East Queensland *

West Moreton West Moreton is a region of the Australian state of Queensland, consisting of the entire rural western portion of South East Queensland. It sits inland from both the Brisbane metropolitan area and the Gold Coast and to the east of the Darling Do ...

, a statistical region of the state of Queensland, consisting of the entire rural western portion of South East Queensland

Greenland

Moreton station Lindenow Fjord or Kangerlussuatsiaq, is a fjord in the King Frederick VI Coast, Kujalleq municipality, southern Greenland. History Igdlukulik, an archaeological site with the ruins of a former Inuit settlement lies by the shore where the Nørrear ...

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

United Kingdom

Moreton, Dorset Moreton is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England, situated on the River Frome about east of Dorchester. In the 2011 census the civil parish had 158 households and a population of 373. It has a number of long distance footpaths and cyc ...

Moreton, Essex Moreton is a village in the Epping Forest district of the County of Essex, England. It is located 7.2 miles (11.6 km) east of Harlow and 3.2 miles (5.14 km) north-west of Chipping Ongar. Two thousand years ago, it was the point at whic ...

* Moreton, Herefordshire, north of Leominster *

Moreton, Oxfordshire There are several places in Oxfordshire, England, called Moreton (meaning "habitation on a marsh"): *The two neighbouring villages of North and South Moreton in the old Moreton Hundred. *The hamlet (in previous times a larger village) of Moreton ...

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North Moreton North Moreton is a village and civil parish about east of Didcot. It was part of Wallingford Rural District in Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to the new South Oxfordshire District of Oxfordshire. The 2011 Census re ...

** South Moreton **

Moreton, South Oxfordshire Moreton is a hamlet southwest of Thame in Oxfordshire, England. History Moreton has been in existence as long as Thame, being mentioned with it in the Domesday Book of 1086. In the past the main occupation of the inhabitants was farming — ...

, near Thame * Moreton, Merseyside *

Moreton, Staffordshire Moreton is a small rural village in the borough of Stafford in Staffordshire, England, near the border with Shropshire. It lies south-west from the former site of Gnosall railway station, and south-east from Newport, both on the Stafford an ...

* Moreton Corbet, Shropshire *

Moreton Jeffries Moreton Jeffries (or Moreton Jefferies) is a hamlet in the English county of Herefordshire. It is situated off the A465 between Stoke Lacy and Burley Gate, approximately 8½ miles north-east of Hereford. It has a medieval church, which has bee ...

, Herefordshire *

Moreton Morrell Moreton Morrell is a village and civil parish in the county of Warwickshire, England. It is part of the historic hundred of Kington and is located about three and a half miles north west of the village of Kineton. The settlement was first mentio ...

, Warwickshire * Moreton Pinkney, Northamptonshire *

Moreton Road Moreton Road is a residential road in the Oxford suburb of North Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. Location The road runs east–west. At the western end of the road is a junction with Woodstock Road (A4144) and at the eastern end is a ...

, a road in north Oxford, Oxfordshire *

Moreton Say Moreton Say is a small village and sparsely populated civil parish in Shropshire, England, near the borders with Cheshire and Staffordshire, just northwest of the town of Market Drayton. It is sometimes spelled ''Moreton Saye'' or ''Moreton Se ...

, Shropshire * Moreton Valence, Gloucestershire * Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire * Moreton on Lugg, Herefordshire * Moretonhampstead, Devon

Other uses

* , a Royal Australian Navy in Brisbane, Queensland