Wilfred Morton
Scottish civil servant
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| Intro | Scottish civil servant | |
| Places | United Kingdom Scotland | |
| was | Civil servant | |
| Work field | Politics | |
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| Birth | 1906 | |
| Death | 1981 (aged 75 years) |
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Sir William Wilfred Morton, KCB (1906 – 7 January 1981) was a Scottish civil servant. Educated at the University of Glasgow, he entered the civil service as an official in the Inland Revenue in 1927. He became a Commissioner of Inland Revenue in 1955, before serving in HM Treasury from 1958 to 1965, when he was appointed Chairman of the Board of Customs and Excise, retiring in 1969.