Edward Morant (1730–1791) was a British politician and plantation owner who sat in the House of Commons for 26 years from 1761 to 1787.

[1] He matriculated at St Mary Hall, Oxford on 7 March 1747. gaining a Doctor of Civil Law.

[2] In the 1761 general election Morant was returned on William Beckford's interest as Member of Parliament for Hindon.

In the 1768 general election he stood for re-election at Hindon, but his own agents threw him over just before the poll and he came third.

[2] Morant next stood for parliament in 1774 when he was put up by his friend the Duke of Bolton for Lymington and was elected MP.