Background
The son of land agent John Morton (1781–1864) and his wife Jean Chalmers, he was born on 1 July 1821. In 1838 Morton went to assist his father on the Whitfield Example Farm, and shortly joined the newly formed Royal Agricultural Society.
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John Morton
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He was educated at Merchistoun Castle School, Edinburgh, under his uncle Charles Chalmers. He then attended university lectures, took the first prize for mathematics, and was a student in David Low"s agricultural classes.
Career
He became editor of the Agricultural Gazette on its foundation in 1844. lieutenant took him to London, and the post continued for the rest of his life. When David Low retired in 1854 from his chair at Edinburgh, ran the classes till the appointment of John Wilson.
He was inspector under the land commissioners, and also served for six years (1868-1874) with Edward Frankland and Sir William Denison on the Royal Commission on pollution of rivers.
The commission heard his concerns on abattoir waste. died at his Harrow residence on 3 May 1888. married in 1854 Clarence Cooper Hayward of Frocester Court, Gloucestershire, daughter of Drinkwater Scott Hayward. Their son East. J. C. was elected to parliament for Devonport in 1892.
