Moreton may refer to:

People

Given name

Moreton John Wheatley Colonel Moreton John Wheatley (2 March 1837 – 13 May 1916WHEATLEY, Col Moreton John', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016) was a British British Army, Army officer who was Bailiff of the The Royal Par ...

(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 Matthew Ducie Moreton, 1st Baron Ducie (1663–1735) of Moreton, Staffordshire, and Tortworth, Gloucestershire, was a British Army officer and politician who sat in the British House of Commons, House of Commons between 1708 and 1720 when he was ...

(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 Samuel Horatio Moreton (1843–21 March 1921) was a New Zealand painter and signwriter, artist, explorer. He was born in London, England in about 1843. References 1843 births 1921 deaths New Zealand artists New Zealand explorers Englis ...

(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 William Moreton (1641 – 21 November 1715) was an English prelate in the Church of Ireland who served as the Bishop of Meath from 1705-1716. Life He was born in Chester in 1641, eldest son of Edward Moreton (1599–1665), prebendary of Cheste ...

(1641–1715), English prelate in the Church of Ireland *

(–1763), English judge and politician

Places

Antarctica

Moreton Point Moreton Point is a point north of Return Point at the western end of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands off Antarctica. It was roughly charted by Captains George Powell (mariner), George Powell and Nathaniel Palmer in 1821, and was ...

, South Orkney Islands

Australia

Division of Moreton The Division of Moreton is an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives, Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The current MP is Julie-Ann Campbell of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). History The division was one of the Lis ...

, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in Queensland *

Moreton Bay Moreton Bay is a bay located on the eastern coast of Australia from central Brisbane, Queensland. It is one of Queensland's most important coastal resources. The waters of Moreton Bay are a popular destination for recreational anglers and are ...

, a large bay near Brisbane, Queensland **

Moreton Island Moreton Island (Mulgumpin) is an island on the eastern side of Moreton Bay on the coast of South East Queensland, Australia. The Coral Sea lies on the east coast of the island. Moreton Island lies northeast of the Queensland capital, Brisbane. ...

, a large island within the bay **

Cape Moreton Cape Moreton is a rocky headland at the north eastern tip of Moreton Island in South East Queensland, Australia. The surrounding area is part of the Moreton Island National Park. Flinders Reef is north-west of Cape Moreton. The outcrop is mos ...

, a rocky headland on the north eastern tip of Moreton Island *

City of Moreton Bay The City of Moreton Bay, known until July 2023 as the Moreton Bay Region, is a Local government in Australia, local government area in the north of the Brisbane metropolitan city in South East Queensland, South East Queensland, Australia. Estab ...

, a local government area in South East Queensland, formerly known as Moreton Bay Region *

West Moreton West Moreton is a region of the Australian state of Queensland, consisting of the entire rural western portion of South East Queensland. It sits inland from both the Brisbane metropolitan area and the Gold Coast and to the east of the Darling D ...

, a statistical region of the state of Queensland, consisting of the entire rural western portion of South East Queensland

Greenland

Moreton station Lindenow Fjord or Kangerlussuatsiaq, is a fjord in the King Frederick VI Coast, Kujalleq municipality, southern Greenland. History Igdlukulik, an archaeological site with the ruins of a former Inuit settlement lies by the shore where the Nørrea ...

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

United Kingdom

Moreton, Dorset Moreton is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England, situated on the River Frome, Dorset, River Frome about east of Dorchester, Dorset, Dorchester. In the 2011 United Kingdom census, 2011 census the civil parish had 158 households and a pop ...

* Moreton, Essex * Moreton, Herefordshire, north of Leominster * Moreton, Oxfordshire: ** North Moreton **

South Moreton South Moreton is a village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England, about east of Didcot, west of Wallingford, Oxfordshire, Wallingford, and south of Abingdon, Oxfordshire, Abingdon. It is only separated by the Great Western Railway cu ...

** Moreton, South Oxfordshire, near Thame * Moreton, Merseyside *

Moreton, Staffordshire Moreton is a small rural village in the borough of Stafford in Staffordshire, England, near the border with Shropshire. It is south-west from Gnosall, south-east from Newport, Shropshire, Newport, and South-West-West from Stafford. Popula ...

* Moreton Corbet, Shropshire * Moreton Jeffries, Herefordshire * Moreton Morrell, Warwickshire *

Moreton Pinkney Moreton Pinkney is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in West Northamptonshire, about north of Brackley. The United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 371. The villages name means 'Moor fa ...

, Northamptonshire * Moreton Road, a road in north Oxford, Oxfordshire *

Moreton Say Moreton Say is a small village and sparsely populated civil parish in Shropshire, England, near the borders with Cheshire and Staffordshire, just northwest of the town of Market Drayton. It is sometimes spelled ''Moreton Saye'' or ''Moreton Sea ...

, Shropshire * Moreton Valence, Gloucestershire *

Moreton-in-Marsh Moreton-in-Marsh is a market town in the Evenlode Valley, within the Cotswolds district and Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Gloucestershire, England. Its flat and low-lying site is surrounded by the Cotswold Hills. The River Evenlode r ...

, Gloucestershire * Moreton on Lugg, Herefordshire * Moretonhampstead, Devon

Other uses

* , a Royal Australian Navy in Brisbane, Queensland