Hugo de Morville Constable of Scotland
- Born: Abt 1100, Morville in Manche, Normandy
- Marriage: Beatrice de Beauchamp
- Died: 1162, Scotland about age 62 783
 Noted events in his life were:
• Background Information. 783
Morville is the surname of a high feudal family of Anglo-Norman origin. It supposedly was taken from a village of Morville which lies on the water of Aire, in the province of Picardy, France.
The fist person recorded with this name in Scotland is Hugh de Morville. He came from the Burgh on the Sands, in Cumberland, sometimes around 1100, and acquired extensive possessions in Tweeddale, Lauderdale, the Lothianas, Clyesdale, and especially in Cunningham, Ayrshire. He also held the hereditary office of lord-high-constable of the kingdom. He was a witness to Inquisitis Daridis, 1116.
In 1140, Hugh de Morville founded the abbey of Kilwinning, in Cunningham. In 1150, he founded Dryburgh abbey. He died in 1162. By his wife, Beatrice de Beauchamp, he is said to have acquired still greater possession than his own. He had a son, Richard de Morvill, and a daughter who married Richard de Germin.
~The Scottish nation: he Scottish Nation: Or, The Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and Biographical History of the People of Scotland, Vol. III, pages 730-731
Hugo married Beatrice de Beauchamp.
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