Sir John Morton, 2nd Baronet

Sir John Morton, 2nd Baronet (c. 1627–1699) of Milbourne St Andrew in Dorset, was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1661 and 1695.

Arms of Sir John Morton, 2nd Baronet: Morton impaling Culme, St Andrew's Church, Milborne St Andrew, Dorset

Origins

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He was the eldest surviving son of Sir George Morton, 1st Baronet (d.1662) of Milbourne St Andrew, by his second wife Anne Wortley, a daughter of Sir Richard Wortley of Wortley, Yorkshire, and widow of Sir Rotherham Willoughby. On the Restoration in 1660 he became Gentleman of the Privy Chamber.[1]

Career

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In 1661, he was elected a Member of Parliament for Poole, Dorset, in the Cavalier Parliament and sat until 1679.[2] He succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father in 1662. He was elected an MP for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, Dorset, on 22 August 1679 and sat until 1695.[2]

Marriages

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He married twice:

Death and burial

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Morton died without a male heir in 1699, aged 71, and the baronetcy thus became extinct. He was buried at Milborne St Andrew, Dorset.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c George E Cokayne Complete Baronetage; Vol. 1: English baronetcies, 1611-1625 and Irish, 1618-1625
  2. ^ a b History of Parliament Online - Morton, John
  3. ^ "PLEYDELL, Gabriel (by 1519-90/91), of Midgehall in Lydiard Tregoze, Wilts. | History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
Parliament of England
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Poole
1661–1679
With: Sir John Fitzjames 1661–1670
Thomas Trenchard 1670
George Cooper 1673
Thomas Strangways 1673–1679
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis
1679–1695
With: Thomas Browne 1679–1680
Michael Harvey 1679–1685
Sir John Coventry 1679–1685
Henry Henning 1680–1695
Francis Mohun 1685–1689
George Strangways 1685–1689
Michael Harvey 1689–1695
Nicholas Gould 1690–1691
Thomas Freke 1691–1695
Succeeded by
Baronetage of England
Preceded by Baronet
(of Milbourne St Andrew)
1662–1699
Extinct