William Moreton (judge)
Sir William Moreton (c.1696 – 14 March 1763) of
Member of Parliament.[1]
He was born the second son of the Rt. Rev.
called to the bar
in 1722.
He was appointed a Bencher at the Inner Temple in 1752, reader in 1758, and treasurer for 1760–1. Knighted on 19 September 1755, he served as Recorder of London from 1753 until his death.
In 1755 he was elected to Parliament to represent Brackley, sitting until 1761.
He died in 1763. He had married, in 1742, Jane, the widow of John Lawton of Lawton but left no children. His estate passed to the son of his half-sister, the Revd Richard Taylor, who thereupon adopted the name of Moreton.
References
- ^ "MORETON, Sir William (?1696-1763), of Little Moreton, Cheshire". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 20 March 2018.