Фергус Мортон, барон Мортон из Генритона

Правильное почетное Лорд Мортон Генритона MC PC
Портрет Гарри Мод Джонас
Апелляционный лорд
In office 18 апреля 1947 г. - 5 апреля 1959 г.
Succeeded by	The Lord Jenkins
Lord Justice of Appeal
In office 11 October 1944 – 18 April 1947
Preceded by	Sir Fairfax Luxmoore
Justice of the High Court
In office 5 January 1938 – 11 October 1944
Preceded by	Sir Albert Clauson
Succeeded by	Sir Charles Romer
Personal details
Born	Fergus Dunlop Morton (1887-10-17)17 October 1887 Kelvinside, Glasgow
Died	18 July 1973(1973-07-18) (aged 85) Cookham, Berkshire
Spouse	Margaret Greenlees ​ (m. 1914)​
Alma mater	St John's College, Cambridge

Фергус Данлоп Мортон, барон Мортон из Генритона , Мак , ПК (17 октября 1887 - 18 июля 1973 года) Британский адвокат и судья, который был обычным лордом в обычном режиме с 1947 по 1959 год. Сын шотландского биржевого маклера, Мортон получил образование в Шотландии и Англии, а затем был призван в английскую коллегию адвокаты. Служа с британской армией в Первой мировой войне , во время которой он выиграл военный крест , он разработал успешную канцелярскую практику. Он был назначен в Высокий суд в 1938 году, назначен в Апелляционный суд в 1944 году и в Палату лордов в 1947 году, уходя из судебной службы в 1959 году.

Предыстория и образование

Мортон родился в Глазго, был младшим ребенком и одним из трех сыновей Джорджа Мортона и Джанет, урожденного Уилсона. Его отец из сельскохозяйственной семьи оставил школу в возрасте тринадцати лет и приобрел значительное состояние в качестве биржевого маклера. Он получил образование в Академии Келвинсайда , а затем пошел в колледж Святого Иоанна, Кембридж с открытой стипендией в классике. Morton narrowly missed first class honours in part one of the classical tripos in 1909 owing to illness, before taking first class honours in part two of the law tripos in 1910, topping the class list.

Legal career

After a year with a firm of solicitors, Morton was called to the English bar by the Inner Temple in 1912, also joining Lincoln's Inn in 1914. He was first the pupil of the conveyancer A. L. Ellis, then of leading Chancery junior Dighton Pollock.

On the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, he was commissioned as lieutenant into the Highland Light Infantry. He saw action in German East Africa, and was promoted to captain in 1915. In July 1918, he was awarded the Military Cross. Both of his brothers were killed in the war.

From 1918–19, Morton was attached to the War Office, before resuming his career at the Chancery bar. His practice grew rapidly, and he became a King's Counsel in 1929. In 1932 he was elected a bencher of Lincoln's Inn (serving as treasurer in 1953).

Judicial career

Morton was appointed to the High Court of Justice in 1938, receiving the customary knighthood, and was assigned to the Chancery Division. From 1941, he chaired the Black List Committee for the following five years. He was appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal in 1944 and on this occasion was sworn of the Privy Council. Three years thereafter the number of the Lords of Appeal in Ordinary was increased to nine and one of the new seats was assigned to Morton. He obtained the traditional life peerage, taking the title Baron Morton of Henryton, of Henryton, in the County of Ayr.

Morton joined the Council of Legal Education in 1949, which he left after four years. In 1950 he sat in the Committee on the Law of Intestate Succession (named the Morton Committee) and in the subsequent year he became chairman of the Royal Commission on Marriage and Divorce (named the Morton Commission). Lincoln's Inn selected him its treasurer in 1953. He retired as Lord of Appeal in 1959.

Honours

In 1940, he was nominated an honorary fellow by his former college and in 1951 received Honorary Doctorates of Law by the University of Cambridge as well as the University of Glasgow. Cambridge's Senate elected Morton a Deputy High Steward in 1954. Two years later, the University of St Andrews and in 1957 the University of Sydney conferred additional doctorates upon him. Both the American Bar Association and the Canadian Bar Association made Morton honorary members. He became also an honorary member of the Faculty of Advocates.

Notable decisions

• Margarine Reference [1951] AC 179 – Canadian federalism
• Paris v Stepney Borough Council [1951] AC 367 – standard of care
• Canada Steamship Lines Ltd v R [1952] AC 192 – unfair terms contra proferentem
• Lister v Romford Ice and Cold Storage Co Ltd [1957] AC 555 – vicarious liability

Family

Morton married Margaret Greenlees, elder daughter of James Begg; they had a daughter. He died aged 85 in 1973.

Arms

Coat of arms of Fergus Morton, Baron Morton of Henryton скрывать

Crest An Eagle wings addorsed Sable gorged with a Collar flory-counterflory and resting the dexter claw on a Mill-Rind Or Escutcheon Argent on a Chevron engrailed Azure between three Roses Gules barbed and seeded proper as many Mill-Rinds Or Motto Mort on se reveille

References

• Who's Who 1963. London: Adam & Charles Black Ltd. 1963.
• Charles Roger Dod; Robert Philip Dod (1949). Dod's Parliamentary Companion 1949. Dod's Parliamentary Companion Ltd.
• Stevens, Richard Booking (1978). Law and Politics: The House of Lords as a Judicial Bbody, 1800–1976. University of North Carolina Press.
• Cretney, Stephen Michael (2003). Family Law in the Twentieth Century: A History. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-826899-8.
• Чарльз Роджер Дод; Роберт Филип Дод (1954). Пэр, баронетаж и рыцарь Великобритании и Ирландии 1954 года . Лондон: деловые словаря Ltd.

Внешние ссылки

• Хансард 1803–2005 гг.: Взносы в парламенте Фергуса Мортона, барона Мортона из Генритона
• Портреты Фергуса Мортона, барона Мортона из Генритона в Национальной портретной галерее, Лондон