Richard Charles Thompson  


Morton House

Owners and Occupiers of Morton House.


  1. c. 1340 Petrus de Morton.   The Original Morton House
  2. c. 1406 - 37 The Lumleys.
  3. Richard Errington c. 1490.
  4. Richard Belasyse 1525.
  5. Richard Belasyse.
  6. Bryan Bellasyse.
  7. Sir William Belayse.
  8. William Belayse d. 1678.
  9. Thomas Smith 1680 - 1720.   1709 - Construction of Morton House, as pictured above
  10. Robert Smith 1720 - 1760
    Meaborne Smith 1720 - 1762
  11. Margaret Holmes, nee Smith
    Susan Barker, nee Smith
    Anne Tatham, nee Smith
  12. Major General John George Lambton, M.P.
  13. Ralph John Lambton, M.P., M.F.H.
  14. Hedworth Lambton.
  15. Nathaniel Ellison 1786-1861.   Late 19th Century, large fire, rebuilt without third story
  16. Henry Robert Webster, D.L., J.P. 1815-1882
  17. Hubert Webster - 1908.
  18. Richard Charles Thompson, J.P. 1908 - 1920.
  19. Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries Limited,
    (occupied by Austin Kirkup), 1920 - 1946.
  20. National Coal Board, (occupied by Austin Kirkup), 1947 - 1961.
  21. Mr. & Mrs. A. Berriman, 1962 - 1988.   Last use as private home.
  22. Albany Administration, (occupied by Arnott Insurance), 1988 to date.


SPECIAL THANKS  to the research of Mr. Alan Vickers, of Sunderland, for all of the above information, and the copy of the Morton House engraving from Sunderland Museum.