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Sir Alpheus Cleophas Morton (1840 – 26 April 1923) was a British architect and surveyor, and a Liberal Party〔 politician. He was active in local government in London from the 1880s until his death, and sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1889 and 1918. == Career == Morton was the son of Francis Morton, and was educated privately in Canada. He became an architect and surveyor, based in Chancery Lane in London.〔 By 1885 he was living in Clapham, and was a member of the Wandsworth District Board of Works and president of the Clapham, Stockwell, and South Lambeth Water Consumers' Defence Association.〔 〕 He was a member of the City of London Corporation from 1882〔 until his death,〔 for the ward of Farringdon Without.〔 The park at Finsbury Circus was known as "Morton's Park" in Corporation circles, because it was mainly due to his work that the gardens had been opened to the public〔 after being compulsorily purchased by the Corporation through powers in the City of London (Various Powers) Act 1900. 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. The Act received Royal Assent in July 1900, 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.〔〔 He was later a member of the City and Guilds of London Institute, a member of the Commission of Lieutenancy of the City of London, a governor of St Bartholomew's Hospital, and chairman of the Metropolitan Paving Committee.〔 In January 1918 he was appointed as a trustee of the Crystal Palace, as a representative of the City of London Corporation. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alpheus Morton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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