William Morritt

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William John Sawrey Morritt (c. 1813 – 13 April 1874){{Rayment-hc|y|date=March 2012}} was a British Conservative Party politician from Rokeby, which was then in Yorkshire but is now in County Durham.

He was elected as a member of parliament (MP) for the North Riding of Yorkshire at a by-election in March 1862,{{London Gazette

|issue= 22611

|date = 25 March 1862

|page=1617

}} following the death of the Liberal MP Edward Stillingfleet Cayley. He held the seat until the 1865 general election, when he was defeated by the Liberal Frederick Milbank.{{cite book

|last=Craig

|first=F. W. S.

|authorlink= F. W. S. Craig

|title=British parliamentary election results 1832–1885

|origyear=1977

|edition= 2nd

|year=1989

|publisher= Parliamentary Research Services

|location=Chichester

|isbn= 0-900178-26-4

|page=489

}}