Mr Henry Douglas MORTON (1867 - 1932)**

Date of Birth: 19/10/1867 Place of Birth: Numbaa, near Nowra, New South Wales, Australia Date of Death: 03/06/1932 Place of Death: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

Position Start End Period Notes Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 31 Oct 1910 18 Feb 1920 9yrs 3mths 19days Member for Hastings and Macleay 31 Oct 1910 6 Nov 1913 3yrs 7days 22nd (1910 - 1913) Member for Hastings and Macleay 6 Dec 1913 21 Feb 1917 3yr(s) 2mth(s) 16day(s) 23rd (1913 - 1917) Member for Hastings and Macleay 24 Mar 1917 18 Feb 1920 2yr(s) 10mth(s) 26day(s) 24th (1917 - 1920) Speaker of the Legislative Assembly 22 Jul 1913 22 Dec 1913 5mth(s) 1day(s) Printing Committee No.6 28 Jun 1910 19 Aug 1910 1mth 23days 21st (1907 - 1910) Canterbury Park Racecourse Company Limited Enabling Bill Committee No.7 24 Nov 1910 8 Dec 1910 15days 22nd (1910 - 1913) Library Committee No.4 30 Nov 1910 23 Dec 1910 24days 22nd (1910 - 1913) Library Committee No.4 30 May 1911 1 Aug 1911 2mths 3days 22nd (1910 - 1913) Operations of the Australian Jockey Club Committee No.8 13 Jun 1911 1 Aug 1911 1mth 20days 22nd (1910 - 1913) Retirement of Mr James McKay from the Railway Department Committee No.9 15 Jun 1911 1 Aug 1911 1mth 18days 22nd (1910 - 1913) Conduct of the Rabbit Industry in New South Wales Committee No.13 4 Jul 1911 1 Aug 1911 29days 22nd (1910 - 1913) Library Committee No.4 12 Sep 1911 28 Mar 1912 6mths 17days 22nd (1910 - 1913) Dalgety Siding Bill Committee No.7 13 Sep 1911 28 Sep 1911 16days 22nd (1910 - 1913) Retirement of James McKay from the Railway Department Committee No.11 4 Oct 1911 18 Oct 1911 15days 22nd (1910 - 1913) Conduct of the Rabbit Industry in New South Wales Committee No.10 4 Oct 1911 18 Oct 1911 15days 22nd (1910 - 1913) Totalisator Bill Committee No.19 31 Oct 1911 28 Mar 1912 4mths 27days 22nd (1910 - 1913) Library Committee No.4 7 Aug 1912 5 Dec 1912 3mths 29days 22nd (1910 - 1913) Administration of the Rocks Resumed Area Committee No.7 20 Aug 1912 5 Dec 1912 3mths 16days 22nd (1910 - 1913) Seizure of Timber, Plant &c. and Prosecution of James Ambrose Taylor Committee No.13 15 Oct 1912 4 Dec 1912 1mth 20days 22nd (1910 - 1913) Library Committee No.4 6 Aug 1913 15 Oct 1913 2mths 10days 22nd (1910 - 1913) Standing Orders Committee No.3 6 Aug 1913 15 Oct 1913 2mths 10days 22nd (1910 - 1913) Chairman Standing Orders Committee No.3 6 Aug 1913 15 Oct 1913 2mths 10days 22nd (1910 - 1913)

Political Party Activity

Independent and National Party.

Community Activity

Commissioned as a Justice of the Peace in 1901

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Estate Manager. Educated at Numbaa public school and Hurstville College at Goulburn; joined Commercial Banking Company of Sydney as a teller; farmed on Macleay River; joined father then brother in management of the Berry Estate on Shoalhaven from c.1893 until 1928; director of Bacchus Milk Company; president of Berry Agricultural Association, Illawarra Herdtesting Association, Shoalhaven Turf and Coursing Clubs, and South Coast Rugby Union; councillor of Royal Agricultural Society; author in 1912; owner of famous show jumpers including 'Desmond'.

Military Service

2nd lieutenant for New South Wales Lancers from 1896 until 1899

Personal

Son of Henry Gordon Morton, surveyor and estate manager, and Jane Fairles. Married Maude Lillias Dangar and had issue, 1 daughter and 1 son. Church of England. Funeral at Rookwood crematorium. Brother of both Philip Henry Morton (1), Member of the Legislative Assembly; and Mark Fairlies Morton, Member of the Legislative Assembly.

Additional Information

Text from the book: 'The Presiding Officers of the Parliament of New South Wales', Sydney, 1995

Henry Morton was born on 19 October 1867 at Numbaa near Nowra. He married Maude Dangar and they had one son and one daughter. He joined the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney as a teller, but later took up farming on the Macleay River From 1896 until 1928 he managed the Berry Estate on the Shoalhaven with his father and brother. Both his brothers, Philip Henry Morton and Mark Fairies Morton, were also Members of the New South Wales Parliament, as was his nephew, also Philip Henry Morton. Henry Morton entered the Legislative .Assembly as the Member for Hastings and Macleay between 1910 and 1920, and for Oxley from 1920 to 1925. He held the position of Speaker between July and December 1913, taking over the Speaker's Chair for the remainder of Speaker Willis' term. He died on 3 June 1932 in Sydney.

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