Alpheus Morton

Sir Alpheus Cleophas Morton (12 March 1840[1] – 26 April 1923)[2][3] was a British architect and surveyor, and a Liberal Party[4] politician.

[13] Morton was one of those who gave evidence in support of the proposal to the House of Commons Select Committee which scrutinised the Bill in March 1900.

[14] The Act received Royal Assent in July 1900,[15] and in August of each year Morton made an annual gift to the Lord Mayor of London of the first crop of mulberries from the park's gardens.

[29] Great Western Railway At the 1895 general election, Morton was defeated in Peterborough by the Liberal Unionist Robert Purvis.

[25] He continued to "nurse" the constituency in the hope of a return at the next election, but in May 1900 the Peterborough Liberal Association rejected a motion to adopt him as their candidate, choosing instead Halley Stewart, the former MP for Spalding.

[30] He contested Bath at the general election in October 1900, supported by a campaigning visit from former Liberal leader Sir William Vernon Harcourt.