Arthur Henry Aylmer Morton

Who is Arthur Henry Aylmer Morton?

Arthur Henry Aylmer Morton was a British clergyman, schoolteacher and Conservative Party politician.

The second son of Edward Morton of Kensington Gate, Hyde Park, London, he was educated at Eton College where he was a member of the 1854 Eton XI cricket team. In 1854 he was admitted to King's College, Cambridge where he took Classical Honours, graduating Bachelor of Arts in 1859 and Master of Arts in 1862. In 1857 he was elected a Fellow of King's College, subsequently becoming bursar in 1870-1871 and Senior dean of the college in 1871-1872.

Morton was ordained as a Church of England deacon in 1861 and as a priest in 1863. He was appointed curate of the All Saints, Knightsbridge and of the Curzon Chapel, Mayfair.

Following graduation he initially worked as a tutor at Eton. He was tutor to Viscount Macduff, later Duke of Fife. In 1881 he became the duke's chaplain. From 1872-1886 he was headmaster of a preparatory school in Farnborough, Hampshire. In June 1891 he resigned from the Anglican Ministry under the terms of the Clerical Disabilities Act 1870.

A Unionist in politics, he unsuccessfully contested the parliamentary seats of Leeds East in 1892 and North Manchester in 1895.