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Life Summary

Name	Mark Fairles Morton
Born	28 September, 1865 Nowra, New South Wales, Australia
Died	28 September, 1938 (aged 73) Nowra, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	heart disease
Cultural Heritage	English Scottish Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Religious Influence	Anglican Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Morton, Sarah Emily (wife) Morton, Jane (mother) Morton, Henry Gordon (father) Fuller, Sarah Cunningham (mother-in-law) Fuller, George Lawrence (father-in-law) Morton, Philip Henry (brother) Morton, Oswald Gordon (brother) Morton, Henry Douglas (brother) Morton, Alfred John (brother) Morton, Arthur Richard (brother) Morton, Septimus (brother) Morton, Frederick Sydney (brother) Fuller, Robert Miller (brother-in-law) Fuller, William Frederick (brother-in-law) Palmer, Thomas Draper (brother-in-law) Anderson, Thomas Primrose (brother-in-law) Fuller, Archie Douglas (brother-in-law) Fuller, George Lawrence (nephew by marriage) Fuller, John Bryan (nephew by marriage)
Education *	Numbaa Public school (NSW) (student, 1872-1878) Hurstville College (Goulburn, NSW) (student, 1879-1883)
Occupation or Descriptor *	auctioneer (1880-1901) New South Wales, Australia stock and station agent (1880-1901) New South Wales, Australia bowler (1900-1938) New South Wales, Australia bowls administrator (1900-1938) New South Wales, Australia liberal/conservative politician (1901-1920) New South Wales, Australia Member of Lower House (1901-1920) New South Wales, Australia liberal/conservative politician (1922-1938) New South Wales, Australia Member of Lower House (1922-1938) New South Wales, Australia
Clubs *	Australian Club (Sydney) (member)
Workplaces *	Goldsbrough, Mort & Co Ltd (employee)

* Dates are approximate