{{For|the English thriller writer who used this pen name|John Creasey}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Use British English|date=March 2018}} {{Infobox military person |honorific_prefix = Admiral |name = Sir Anthony Morton |honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|GBE|KCB}} |image= |image_size= |alt= |caption= |birth_date= {{birth date|1923|11|06|df=yes}} |death_date= {{Death date and age|2006|05|06|1923|11|06|df=yes}} |birth_place= |death_place= Winchester, Hampshire |burial_place= |nickname= |allegiance= United Kingdom |branch= Royal Navy |service_years= 1941–1984 |rank= Admiral |service_number= |unit= |commands= Vice Chief of the Naval Staff<br/>Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff<br/>First Flotilla<br/>20th Frigate Squadron<br/>{{HMS|Yarmouth|F101|6}} |battles= Second World War |awards= Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire<br/>Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |relations= |other_work= }} Admiral '''Sir Anthony Storrs Morton''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|GBE|KCB}} (6 November 1923 – 6 May 2006) was a senior Royal Navy officer who served as Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff from 1977 to 1978.
==Naval career== Educated at Loretto School, Morton was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1941 during the Second World War.<ref name=debrett>Debrett's People of Today 1994</ref> He became commanding officer of the frigate {{HMS|Yarmouth|F101|6}} as well as captain of the 20th Frigate Squadron in 1964, Senior Naval Officer Northern Ireland in 1968 and Senior Naval Member at the Royal College of Defence Studies in 1971.<ref name=debrett/> He went on to be Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Policy) in 1973 and Flag Officer First Flotilla in 1975.<ref name=debrett/> He was appointed Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff in 1977 and Vice Chief of the Naval Staff in 1978.<ref name=debrett/> Following promotion to full admiral on 6 July 1979,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=47916|supp=y|page=9691| date=30 July 1979}}</ref> he was in 1980 appointed UK Military Representative to NATO; he retired on 28 January 1984.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=49619|supp=y|page=684| date=16 January 1984}}</ref>
In retirement Morton became King of Arms of the Order of the British Empire as well as Rear-Admiral and then Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom.<ref name=debrett/> He died in 2006 after a long illness.<ref>[http://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/announcements/bmdsarch/date/11_5_2006/ Announcements] Hampshire Chronicle, 11 May 2006</ref>
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{{s-start}} {{s-mil}} {{succession box|title=Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff|before=Sir Henry Leach |after=Sir Edwin Bramall|years=1977–1978}} |- {{succession box|title=Vice Chief of the Naval Staff|before=Sir Raymond Lygo|after=Sir William Staveley|years=1978–1980}} |- {{s-bef | before = Sir Alasdair Steedman}} {{s-ttl | title = UK Military Representative to NATO | years =1980–1983}} {{s-aft | after =Sir Thomas Morony}} |- {{s-herald}} {{s-bef|before=Sir George Gordon-Lennox}} {{s-ttl|title=King of Arms of the Order of the British Empire|years=1983–1997}} {{s-aft|after=Sir Patrick Hine}} |- {{s-hon}} {{s-bef|before=Sir Anthony Griffin|rows=2}} {{s-ttl|title=Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom |years=October – November 1988}} {{s-aft|after=Sir James Eberle|rows=2}} |- {{s-ttl|title=Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom |years=1988–1994}} {{s-end}} {{Vice Chiefs of Defence Staff|state=collapsed}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Morton, Anthony}} Category:1923 births Category:2006 deaths Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Category:Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire Category:People educated at Loretto School, Musselburgh Category:Royal Navy admirals Category:Royal Navy officers of World War II Category:Academics of the Royal College of Defence Studies