Anthony Morton

Sir Anthony Storrs Morton, 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. He became commanding officer of the frigate 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. He went on to be Assistant Chief of Defence Staff in 1973 and Flag Officer First Flotilla in 1975. He was appointed Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff in 1977 and Vice Chief of the Naval Staff in 1978. Following promotion to full admiral on 6 July 1979, he was in 1980 appointed UK Military Representative to NATO; he retired on 28 January 1984.
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. He died in 2006 after a long illness.