Morritt was educated at
Eton College and
Magdalene College, Cambridge, and was
called to the bar at
Lincoln's Inn in 1962. He was appointed
Queen's Counsel in 1977 and was
Attorney-General to the
Prince of Wales from 1978 to 1988. On 15 April 1988, he was appointed a Justice of the
High Court, receiving the customary
knighthood, and assigned to the
Chancery Division. He served from 1991 to 1994 as
Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine of Lancaster, the judge responsible for Chancery Division business in the North and North East of England. On 3 October 1994, he was appointed to the
Court of Appeal, and received the customary appointment to the
Privy Council. He was appointed
Vice-Chancellor of the Supreme Court (in effect the head of the Chancery Division of the High Court) on 17 July 2000. On 1 October 2005, his title was changed to
Chancellor of the High Court under the provisions of the
Constitutional Reform Act 2005. Morritt retired as Chancellor of the High Court on 10 January 2013. Morritt was Treasurer of Lincoln's Inn in 2005. His family owns
Rokeby Park in
County Durham. ==Arms==