B. K. Morton & Company Ltd
Morton’s mainly dealt in tools, but also evidently sold pocket-knives branded with the Morton name. The founder was Benjamin Kirk Morton (1849-1922). He was the son of George, a farmer at Brough (Derbyshire), who was later a wire drawer in Sheffield. Benjamin became partner in a wire business at Tinsley, but this ended in 1877. He had a stint as the Australian representative of an agricultural engineers based at Grantham. By 1902, he had launched B. K. Morton & Co at West Street Lane, ....
