A name derived from the settlement of Morton in Dumfriesshire and the lands of Morton or Myretoun in the Parish of Kemback in Fife. The name is probably a corrupted form of Muirtown. The name appears from the 14th Century and was adopted as the title of a branch of the Douglas family, who became the Earls of Morton.
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