Sir Gerald Morton
Born7 February 1845
Died20 April 1906
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1863–1906
RankLieutenant-General
Commands heldLahore District
7th Infantry Division
Battles/warsSecond Anglo-Afghan War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Companion of the Order of the Bath

Lieutenant-General Sir Gerald De Courcy Morton KCIE CB CVO (7 February 1845 – 20 April 1906) was a British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding 7th Division.

Military career

Morton was commissioned into the 6th Regiment of Foot in 1863.[1] He served in Hazara in 1868 and fought in the Second Anglo-Afghan War before being appointed Adjutant-General in India in 1895[2] and becoming General Officer Commanding Lahore District in 1898.[3] In December 1898, he was made a Knights Commander of India (KCIE).[4] In January 1902 he was appointed a Major-General on the Staff to command the Dublin district, and six months later, on 23 June 1902, he was appointed General Officer Commanding 7th Division.[5][6] He died in command of his division at Curragh Camp in 1906.[7]

References

  1. ^ "No. 22697". The London Gazette. 9 January 1863. p. 120.
  2. ^ Christ Church, Simla
  3. ^ The county families of the United Kingdom; or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland by Edward Walford (Volume ed.59, yr.1919), p.260
  4. ^ Great Britain. India Office The India List and India Office List for 1905, p. 145, at Google Books
  5. ^ "No. 27460". The London Gazette. 1 August 1902. p. 4969.
  6. ^ Army Commands Archived 5 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Memorials at Curragh Military Cemetery, Ireland
Military offices Preceded byWilliam Galbraith Adjutant-General, India 1895–1898 Succeeded bySir William Nicholson
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