James Morton may refer to:
Politics and law
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James Morton (Canadian businessman)
James Morton (August 29, 1808 – July 7, 1864) was a businessman and political figure in Canada West.
He was born in Ireland in 1808 and came to Kingston in Upper Canada in 1824, where he learned the brewery business from Thomas Molson. In ...
(1808–1864), Irish-Canadian brewer, manufacturer and politician
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James Madison Morton Sr.
James Madison Morton Sr. (September 5, 1837 – April 19, 1923) was a justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court from 1890 to 1913. He was appointed by Governor John Q. A. Brackett.
Biography
Born in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, Morton rec ...
(1837–1923), American jurist, justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
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James Madison Morton Jr. (1869–1940), American federal judge
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Jim Morton (politician)
James Ernest Morton is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2009 provincial election. He represented the electoral district of Kings North, as a member of the New Democratic Party, until his defeat ...
(born 1951), Canadian politician
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James Cooper Morton
James Cooper Morton, C.S., LL.M. (born 1960) was once a prominent Canadian lawyer with political aspirations, teaching law part-time, blogging and writing in the legal and popular press. In June 2018, he was charged with two counts of forgery of ...
(born 1960), Canadian lawyer and author
Sports
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James Morton (footballer, born 1885) (1885–1926), Scottish footballer
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Jimmy Morton (1894–1916), Scottish footballer
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Jim Morton (Australian footballer) (1905–1999), Australian rules footballer
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Jim Morton (footballer, born 1956), Scottish footballer
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James Morton (footballer, born 1999), English footballer
Others
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James St. Clair Morton (1824–1864), Union Army general during the American Civil War
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James Morton (chemist)
Sir James Morton FRSE LLD (1867–1943) was a Scottish pioneer of fast dyes.
Life
He was born at Gowanbank in Darvel in Ayrshire on 23 March 1867 the second son of Alexander Morton (1844–1923) and his wife, Jane (Jeannie) Wiseman. His father fo ...
(1867–1943), Scottish chemist, creator of light-fast dyes
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James Ferdinand Morton Jr. (1870–1941), American political activist
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James C. Morton (1884–1942), American actor
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James Parks Morton (1930–2020), American Episcopal priest, founder of the Interfaith Center of New York
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James Morton (baker)
James Patrick Bowie Morton (born 26 May 1991) is a Scottish doctor, baker, author and reality television contestant, based in Glasgow, who rose to fame when he became the runner up on the third series of ''The Great British Bake Off''.
Early lif ...
(born 1991), Scottish celebrity baker
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James Morton (physician) (fl. 2000s–present), Australian physician and autism advocate
See also
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James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton (1426–1493), 4th Lord of Dalkeith, was created the 1st Earl of Morton in 1458
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James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Morton (died 1548), grandson of the above
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James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton
James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton (c. 1516 – 2 June 1581, aged 65) was the last of the four regents of Scotland during the minority of King James VI. He was in some ways the most successful of the four, since he won the civil war that had b ...
(c. 1525–1581), regent of Scotland
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James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton
James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton, KT, PRS (1702 – 12 October 1768) was a Scottish astronomer and representative peer who was president of the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh from its foundation in 1737 until his death. He also became ...
(1702–1768), president of the Royal Society
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