William Moreton (judge)

Sir William Moreton (c.1696 – 14 March 1763) of Little Moreton Hall, Cheshire was an English judge, Recorder of London and Member of Parliament.

He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin (1710–14) and studied law at the Inner Temple (1714), where he was called to the bar in 1722.

Knighted on 19 September 1755, he served as Recorder of London from 1753 until his death.

In 1755 he was elected to Parliament to represent Brackley, sitting until 1761.

His estate passed to the son of his half-sister, the Revd Richard Taylor, who thereupon adopted the name of Moreton.