William Moreton (1641 – 21 November 1715) was an English prelate in the Church of Ireland who served as the Bishop of Meath from 1705-1716.
It appears that his property was sequestrated in 1645, and that he was nominated by Lord Byron a commissioner to superintend the capitulation of Chester to the parliamentary forces in January 1646.
In 1669, he became rector of Churchill, Worcestershire, and was also for some time chaplain to Aubrey Vere, earl of Oxford.
In 1677, he accompanied James, duke of Ormonde, lord-lieutenant, to Ireland, as his chaplain ; and on 12 December of that year was created D.D.
'[1] On 13 February 1682, he was appointed to the see of Kildare, with the preceptory of Tully, and was consecrated in Christ Church, Dublin, on the 19th by the Archbishop of Armagh.
of Dublin in 1688; but when Tyrconnel held Ireland for James II he 'fled to England and there continued till that nation was settled.