Fergus Morton, Baron Morton of Henryton

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Fergus Dunlop Morton, Baron Morton of Henryton MC PC KC (* 17th October 1887 in Glasgow ; † 19th July 1973 ) was a British lawyer who most recently as Lord of Appeal in Ordinary , due to the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 as a Life Peer and Member of the House of Lords .

Life

Morton graduated after attending the Kelvinside Academy to study law at St John's College of the University of Cambridge and received a lawyer's approval to the Bar Association (1912 Inns of Court ) from Inner Temple , and he working as a barrister recorded. In 1914 he received a further license to the bar at Lincoln's Inn and was awarded the Military Cross in 1917 for his services in the First World War as a lieutenant in the Highland Light Infantry . After the end of the war, he worked for the War Office until 1919 , before resuming his legal practice and mainly dealing with commercial law. For his legal services he was appointed Crown Attorney ( King's Counsel ) in 1929 and in 1932 the so-called "Bencher" of the Inner Temple and Lincoln's Inn Bar Associations.

In 1938 Morton was judge of the Chamber of Economic Matters ( Chancery Division ) at the High Court of Justice responsible for England and Wales and held this judge's office until 1944. At the same time, he was promoted to Knight Bachelor in 1938 and has since been named "Sir". During this time, he served between 1939 and 1941 as vice chairman of the Contraband Committee , a committee that dealt with smuggling , and then from 1941 to 1946 as chairman of the so-called Black List Committee .

After the end of his judicial activity at the High Court of Justice, in 1944 he was appointed judge ( Lord Justice of Appeal ) at the Court of Appeal , the court of appeal responsible for England and Wales, where he worked until 1947. He was also appointed Privy Councilor in 1944.

Last Morton was a Letters Patent from 18 April 1947 due to the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 as a life peer with the title Baron Morton of Henryton , of Henryton in the County of Ayr to the House of Lords member in the nobility called and worked until on his resignation on April 6, 1959 as Lord Judge ( Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ). At the same time Lord Morton of Henryton was 1950 chairman of the Succession Committee ( Intestacy Committee ) and 1952 chairman of the Royal Commission on Marriage and Divorce ( Commission on Marriage and Divorce ).

Publications

  • Report 1951–1955 of the Royal Commission on Marriage and Divorce , 1956

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SURNAME Morton, Fergus, Baron Morton of Henryton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Morton, Fergus Dunlop, Baron Morton of Henryton (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH October 17, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Glasgow
DATE OF DEATH 19th July 1973