Moreton

Moreton may refer to:

People

Given name

• Moreton John Wheatley (1837–1916), British Army officer and Bailiff of the Royal Parks

Surname

• Alice Bertha Moreton (1901–1977), English sculptor, draughtsman and artist
• Andrew Moreton, a pseudonym of Daniel Defoe
• Arabella Moreton (after 1690–1727), British poet
• Berkeley Moreton, 4th Earl of Ducie (1834–1924), British peer
• Marie Evelyn Moreton (1870–1949), Lady Byng
• Ivor Moreton (1908–1984), British singer and pianist
• Jimmy Moreton (1891–1942), English football player and manager
• John Moreton (1917–2012), British diplomat
• John Alfred Moreton, Royal Navy officer during the First World War
• Julian Moreton (1825–1900), Anglican missionary
• Kevin Moreton (born 1959), English actor
• Matthew Moreton, 1st Baron Ducie (1663–1735), British Army officer and politician
• Nicolas Moreton (born 1961), English artist
• Penelope Moreton (born 1932), Irish equestrian
• Ray Moreton (1942–2016), New Zealand rugby union player
• Robert Moreton (1922–1957), English comedian and actor born Henry Moreton
• Samuel Horatio Moreton (1843–1921), New Zealand artist, and explorer
• Stephen Moreton (born 1984), Irish cricketer
• Ursula Moreton (1903–1973), English ballerina and teacher
• Will Moreton (born 1997), American basketball player
• William Moreton (1641–1715), English prelate in the Church of Ireland
• William Moreton (c. 1696–1763), English judge and politician

Places

Antarctica

• Moreton Point, South Orkney Islands

Australia

• Division of Moreton, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in Queensland
• Moreton Bay, a large bay near Brisbane, Queensland
  • Moreton Island, a large island within the bay
  • Cape Moreton, a rocky headland on the north eastern tip of Moreton Island
• City of Moreton Bay, a local government area in South East Queensland, formerly known as Moreton Bay Region
• West Moreton, a statistical region of the state of Queensland, consisting of the entire rural western portion of South East Queensland

Greenland

• Moreton station, a Norwegian hunting, meteorological and radio station in Southeastern Greenland

United Kingdom

• Moreton, Dorset
• Moreton, Essex
• Moreton, Herefordshire, north of Leominster
• Moreton, Oxfordshire:
  • North Moreton
  • South Moreton
  • Moreton, South Oxfordshire, near Thame
• Moreton, Merseyside
• Moreton, Staffordshire
• Moreton Corbet, Shropshire
• Moreton Jeffries, Herefordshire
• Moreton Morrell, Warwickshire
• Moreton Pinkney, Northamptonshire
• Moreton Road, a road in north Oxford, Oxfordshire
• Moreton Say, Shropshire
• Moreton Valence, Gloucestershire
• Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire
• Moreton on Lugg, Herefordshire
• Moretonhampstead, Devon

Other uses

• HMAS Moreton, a Royal Australian Navy in Brisbane, Queensland

See also

• Morton (disambiguation)
• Moreton Hall (disambiguation)
• Moreton House (disambiguation)