Henry Morton (politician)

Henry Douglas Morton (19 October 1867 – 3 June 1932) was an Australian politician.

The Honourable Henry Morton JP
Henry Douglas Morton (1867–1932)
12th Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
In office 22 July 1913 – 22 December 1913
Preceded by	Henry Willis
Succeeded by	Richard Meagher
Member of the New South Wales Parliament for Hastings and Macleay
In office 31 October 1910 – 18 February 1920
Preceded by	Robert Davidson
Succeeded by	Seat abolished
Personal details
Born	(1867-10-19)19 October 1867 Numbaa, Colony of New South Wales
Died	3 June 1932(1932-06-03) (aged 64) Sydney, Australia
Relations	Philip Morton (brother) Mark Morton (brother) Pat Morton (nephew)
Occupation	Businessman and estate manager
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch/service	NSW Colonial Forces
Years of service	1896 – 1899
Rank	Second Lieutenant
Unit	New South Wales Lancers

Born at Numbaa near Nowra to surveyor Henry Gordon Morton and Jane Fairles (his brothers Philip and Mark were also New South Wales politicians), he attended Numbaa Public School and then Hurstville College at Goulburn before becoming a bank teller at the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney. He married Maude Lillias Dangar, with whom he had two children. After a period farming on the Macleay River he joined his father in managing the Berry Estate on the Shoalhaven River around 1893. From 1896 to 1899 he was a 2nd lieutenant with the New South Wales Lancers. In 1910 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Independent member for Hastings and Macleay. He was Speaker of the Assembly from July to December 1913, completing the final months of Henry Willis's controversial term. When the Nationalist Party was formed in 1917, Morton was one of those to join it. He left the Assembly in 1920 and died in 1932 in Sydney.[1]

He was cremated at Rookwood Crematorium, Sydney on Saturday 4 June 1932.[2]