MORTON, Sir John, 2nd Bt. (c.1627-99), of Milborne St. Andrew, Dorset

b. c. 1627, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir George Morton, 1st Bt.†, of Milborne St. Andrew by Anne, da. of Sir Richard Wortley of Wortley, Yorks., wid. of Sir Rotherham Willoughby of Aston Rowant, Oxon. educ. privately; travelled abroad 1647. m. (1) 12 Aug. 1661 (with £2,000), Eleanor (d. 1671), da. of John Fountaine, sergeant-at-law, of Wood Dalling, Norf., s.p.; (2) lic. 24 Feb. 1676, Elizabeth, da. of Benjamin Culme, DD, dean of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, 1da. suc. fa. as 2nd Bt. 28 Feb. 1662. Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 599; VCH Oxon. viii. 22; Cal. Comm. Adv. Money, 1270; Soc. of Geneal. Milborne St. Andrew par. reg.; London Mar. Lic. ed. Foster, 947.