John Percival Morton

John Percival Morton (1911–1985), known as Jack Morton, was Assistant Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Defence between 1968 and 1971. He also had a distinguished career in the Indian Police where he was awarded the Indian Police Medal twice for gallantry (1935 and 1940) and the Indian Bar. He was made OBE in 1946 and CMG in 1965. and educated at Bedford Modern School. He was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1965,

After retirement Morton took on several assignments including one in Northern Ireland to reorganise the Special Branch of the Royal Ulster Constabulary. Morton also served as Chairman of the Civil Service Commission Board and made several television appearances on the grant of independence to countries in the British Empire. His obituary in The Times stated that 'Morton's outstanding characteristic was his integrity'.

He married Leonora Margaret Sale in 1939 and they had a son and a daughter. He died in 1985 in Wokingham, Berkshire.