1318 Edward Morton

Constituency : Devonport 1892-1902

Edward  was  part  of  a  double  victory  for  the  Liberals  at  Devonport.

Edward  was  educated  at  Harrow  and  Cambridge  and  became  a  barrister.

Edward  was  a  strong  advocate  for  the  dockyard  men  in  his  constituency  and  an  authority  on  naval  affairs.

Edward  was   secretary  of  the  Home  Rule  Union. He  championed  Irish  Nationalist  prisoners. He  became  parliamentary  private  secretary  to  John  Morley  as  Chief  Secretary  for  Ireland  and  was  used  as  a  conduit  by  the  Irish  agitator  Maud  Gonne  on  whom  he  had  a  crush.

Edward  was  a  strong  public  orator  and  an  asset  deployed  at  by-elections.

Edward  was  a  supporter  of  land  value  taxation.

Edward  was  a  keen  astronomer.

He  died  in  1902  aged  46.