Fergus Morton, Baron Morton of Henryton

Fergus Dunlop Morton, Baron Morton of Henryton PC, MC (17 October 1887 – 18 July 1973) was a British judge and law lord.

Born in Glasgow, he was a younger son of George Morton. He was educated at the Kelvinside Academy and went then to St John's College, Cambridge, winning a scholarship in classics. Morton graduated first class in the law tripos with a Bachelor of Laws in 1910 and a Master of Arts three years thereafter.

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 Senat 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.

Morton was called to the bar in 1912. With the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, he was commissioned as lieutenant into the Highland Light Infantry. He was promoted to captain in the following year and in July 1918, he was decorated with the Military Cross. After the war, Morton was attached to the War Office until 1919, when he resumed his legal career at the chancery bar.

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