The Honourable Miss Morton is the only daughter of the late Lord Morton, either a baron or viscount, and an heiress with £30,000. She is an accomplished amateur painter, and her landscapes are considered "beautifully done."
Fanny Dashwood and Mrs. Ferrars scheme for her to marry Edward Ferrars, but when his secret engagement to Lucy Steele is revealed, they instead hope she will marry Robert Ferrars. Robert elopes with Lucy, however, and rather than pay his addresses to Miss Morton, Edward marries Elinor Dashwood.