Educated at
Loretto School, Morton was
commissioned into the
Royal Navy in 1941 during the
Second World War. He became commanding officer of the
frigate as well as captain of the
20th Frigate Squadron in 1964, Senior Naval Officer
Northern Ireland in 1968 and Senior Naval Member at the
Royal College of Defence Studies in 1971. he was in 1980 appointed
UK Military Representative to NATO; he retired on 28 January 1984. In retirement Morton became
King of Arms of the Order of the British Empire as well as
Rear-Admiral and then
Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom. ==References==