William George Morant OBE KPM (30 November 1862 - 19 March 1945) was a British police officer.
[1] Morant joined the Edinburgh City Police in early 1882 at around the age of 20.
There he learnt the basics of police work under the command of Captain Henderson.
Morant was appointed Chief Constable of the Reigate Borough Police Force in 1891.
[3] He spent the next twenty years as Chief Constable of Durham until retiring in 1922 aged 60.