Education
He was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford.
He was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford.
After a year teaching at a Preparatory School, he was appointed as tutor to the crown prince of Siam. On his return, he worked at the Toynbee Hall settlement in the East End of London. He then joined a research unit reporting to the Privy Council on Education and thence to the Board of Education, where he rose rapidly to become its Permanent Secretary in April 1903.
He was responsible for some of the new ideas in the Education Acting 1902 and ensured the Board effectively implemented lieutenant
He then accepted a post chairing the Commission to implement the National Insurance Acting 1911. This included a huge and wide-ranging task of administration and even included the foundation of the precursor of the Medical Research Council.
Morant promoted and largely drafted National Insurance Acting 1913, correcting problems in the previous Acting. He served on the Haldane committee on the Machinery of government, 1917-1918.
When the Ministry of Health was created in 1919 he became its Permanent Secretary.
He died of influenza on 13 March 1920.