Henry Vollam Morton
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| Born | Henry Vollam Morton 26 July 1892 Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire |
| Died | 18 June 1979 (aged 86) Cape Town, South Africa |
| Occupation | Journalist and writer |
| Nationality | British |
| Citizenship | British South African |
| Genre | Travel writing, Journalism |
| Notable works | In Search of... series |
| Spouse | Dorothy Vaughton Violet Mary Muskett |
| Children | Timothy Morton |
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Henry Canova Vollam Morton FRSL (known as H. V. Morton), (26 July 1892 – 18 June 1979) was a journalist and pioneering travel writer from Lancashire, England. He was best known for his prolific and popular books on London, Great Britain and the Holy Land. He first achieved fame in 1923 when, while working for the Daily Express, he scooped the official Times correspondent during the coverage of the opening of the Tomb of Tutankhamun by Howard Carter in Egypt.
Morton was born at Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, on 26 July 1892, the son of Joseph Morton, editor of the Birmingham Mail, and Margaret Maclean Ewart. He was educated at King Edward's School in Birmingham but left at the age of 16 to pursue a career in journalism. He served in the Warwickshire Yeomanry during World War I, but saw no combat action. He married Dorothy Vaughton (born 1887) on 14 September 1915. They divorced, and on 4 January 1934, he married Violet Mary Muskett (née Greig, born 1900). They had a son.
In the late 1940s Morton, and his wife, emigrated to the Union of South Africa, settling near Cape Town in Somerset West. He later became a South African citizen, and remained a permanent resident until his death in 1979. Morton and his son were survived by his wife, Violet.
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