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Ducie, Earl of (UK, 1837)

Creation: let. pat. 28 Jan 1837

Family name: Reynolds-Moreton later Moreton

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Arms:

Quarterly:  1st and 4th, Argent a Chevron Gules between three Square Buckles Sable (Moreton);  2nd and 3rd, Or two Lions passant guardant Gules (Ducie)

Crest:

A Moorcock's Head Or combed and wattled Gules between two Wings displayed Azure

Supporters:

On either side a Unicorn Argent armed unguled maned and tufted Or, each gorged with a Ducal Coronet per pale Gold and Gules

Motto:

Perseverando (By persevering)

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Thomas [Reynolds-Moreton], 4th Baron Ducie later 1st Earl of Ducie

1st son of Francis [Reynolds later Reynolds-Moreton], 3rd Baron Ducie, by his first wife Mary Provis, dau. and cohrss. of Thomas Provis, of Shepton Mallet, co. Somerset

born

31 Aug 1776

mar.

5 Dec 1797 Lady Frances Herbert (b. 12 Jun 1775; d. 22 Aug 1830), only dau. of Henry [Herbert], 1st Earl of Carnarvon, by his wife Lady Elizabeth Alicia Maria Wyndham, 1st dau. of Charles [Wyndham], 2nd Earl of Egremont

children

1. Hon Henry George Francis Reynolds-Moreton, later 2nd Earl of Ducie

2. Hon Augustus Henry Reynolds-Moreton later Moreton Macdonald of Largie MP (b. 24 Jun 1804 ; d. 14 Feb 1862), mar. 15 Sep 1837 Mary Jane Lockhart (d. 10 Dec 1851), only dau. and hrss. of Sir Charles Macdonald Lockhart of Lee and Carnwath, 2nd Bt., by his wife Emilia Olivia Ross, dau. of Sir Charles Ross of Balnagowan, 7th Bt., and had issue

3. Capt Hon Percy Reynolds-Moreton (b. 18 Jun 1808 ; d. 15 Mar 1886), mar. 28 Apr 1846 Jane Frances Price (d. 19 Aug 1903), yst. dau. of Sir Rose Price, 1st Bt., by his wife Elizabeth Lambart, yst. dau. of Charles Lambart, of Beau Parc, co. Meath, and had issue

1. Lady Mary Elizabeth Kitty Reynolds-Moreton (b. 14 Dec 1798; d. 16 Dec 1842), mar. 8 May 1822 William Basil Percy [Feilding], 7th Earl of Denbigh, and had issue

2. Lady Julia Reynolds-Moreton (d. 25 Jun 1869), mar. 6 Jul 1824 James Haughton Langston MP, of Sarsden, Chipping Norton, co. Oxford (d. Oct 1863), and had issue

3. Lady Charlotte Reynolds-Moreton (b. Nov 1806; dsp. 2 Jul 1881), mar. 30 Sep 1834 as his second wife Maurice Frederick FitzHardinge [Berkeley], 1st Baron FitzHardinge

4. Lady Emily Reynolds-Moreton (d. 27 Apr 1900), mar. 3 Aug 1847 Admiral Sir J Whitley Deans Dundas GCB (d. 3 Oct 1862)

5. Lady Catherine Reynolds-Moreton (d. 2 Dec 1892), mar. 14 Dec 1841 John Raymond Barker, of Fairford Park, co. Gloucester (d. 21 May 1888)

died

22 Jun 1840

created

28 Jan 1837 Baron Moreton, of Tortworth in the County of Gloucester, and Earl of Ducie

suc. by

son

note

Lt Col, West Gloucester Militia 1800; suc. his father 19 Aug 1808 as 4th Baron Ducie

Henry George Francis [Reynolds-Moreton], 2nd Earl of Ducie

born

8 May 1802

mar.

29 Jun 1826 Hon Elizabeth Dutton (b. 19 Feb 1807; d. 15 Mar 1865), 1st dau. of John [Dutton], 2nd Baron Sherborne, by his wife Hon Mary Bilson-Legge, only dau. and hrss. of Henry Stawel  [Bilson-Legge], 2nd Baron Stawel

children

1. Hon Henry John Reynolds-Moreton, later 3rd Earl of Ducie

2. Lieut Hon Herbert Augustus Reynolds-Moreton RN (b. 13 Jul 1828; d. 10 Apr 1863)

3. Capt Hon Algernon Thomas Reynolds-Moreton, of Eastwood, co. Carlow (b. 10 Aug 1829; dsps. 18 Jan 1880), mar. (1) 10 Dec 1857 Annie Jane Paget (d. 27 Aug 1873), only dau. of Thomas Paget, of Knockglass, co. Mayo, and (2) 1 Apr 1875 his cousin Emilia Olivia Moreton Macdonald, dau. of Hon Augustus Henry Reynolds-Moreton later Moreton Macdonald of Largie MP (by his wife Mary Jane Lockhart, only dau. and hrss. of Sir Charles Macdonald Lockhart of Lee and Carnwath, 2nd Bt.), 2nd son of Thomas [Reynolds-Moreton], 1st Earl of Ducie, and had issue by his first wife

4. Hon Berkeley Basil Reynolds-Moreton later Moreton, later 4th Earl of Ducie

5. Post Captain Hon Reynolds Reynolds-Moreton DL RN (b. 21 Dec 1835; d. 19 Jun 1919), mar. (1) 11 Jul 1860 Charlotte Constance Dunlop (d. 30 Aug 1865), dau. of Sir John Dunlop, Bt. MP, (2) 18 Oct 1866 Margaret Mahony (d. 19 Mar 1892), 2nd dau. of Rev Denis Mahony, of Dromore Castle, co. Kerry, and (3) 19 Jun 1894 Gertrude Hart Dyke (dsp. 22 Dec 1927), 6th dau. of Sir Percyval Hart Dyke, 6th Bt., by his wife Elizabeth Wells, yst. dau. of John Wells, of Bickley, co. Kent,. and had issue by his first and second wives

6. Hon Howard Reynolds-Moreton (b. 14 Mar 1837; d. 24 Nov 1856)

7. Lieut Hon Wyndham Percy Reynolds-Moreton (b. 10 May 1839; d. 29 Jul 1877)

8. Hon Seymour Reynolds-Moreton (b. 1 Mar 1841; d. 8 Apr 1905), mar. 23 Jan 1869 Mary Ellen Kent (d. 1945), dau. of John Kent, and had issue

9. Hon Sir Richard Charles Reynolds-Moreton KCVO DL, of Crookham House, co. Hampshire, Marshal of Ceremonies 1887-1913 (b. 21 Jan 1846; d. 2 Mar 1928), mar. 15 Jul 1868 Janie Ralli, Honorary Lady-in-Waiting to HRH the Duchess of Albany (b. 18 Nov 1846; d. 25 Jul 1929), only dau. of Thomas Stephen Ralli, a partner in Ralli Brothers, formerly of Constantinople and later of London, by his wife Marouko Argenti, dau. of Pandely Argenti, and had issue

10. Hon Matthew Henry Reynolds-Moreton, a magistrate in New Guinea (b. 4 Aug 1847; dsp. 17 Mar 1909), mar. 1901 Kathleen Louisa Seale, dau. of John Seale, of Cork

1. Lady Georgina Mary Louise Reynolds-Moreton (d. 20 Oct 1867), mar. 29 Jan 1856 Rev Charles Edward Oakley, Rector of Wickwar, co. Gloucester, and St Paul's, Convent Garden (d. 15 Sep 1865), and had issue

2. Lady Alice Reynolds-Moreton (d. 22 Dec 1922), mar. 10 May 1865 Lt Gen Sir Henry Marsham Havelock-Allan, 1st Bt. VC GCB MP, and had issue

3. Lady Eleanor Reynolds-Moreton (d. 1 Feb 1925), mar. 1 Jan 1869 Hugh Fife Ashley Brodie of Brodie (b. 8 Sep 1840; d. 20 Sep 1889), 1st son and heir of William Brodie of Brodie by his wife Elizabeth Baillie, 3rd dau. of Col Hugh Baillie MP, of Red Castle, and had issue

4. Lady Evelyn Reynolds-Moreton, Lady-in-Waiting to HRH the Duchess of Albany (d. 15 Jan 1945)

died

2 Jun 1853

suc. by

son

note

Member of Parliament (Liberal) for Gloucestershire 1831-32 and for East Gloucestershire 1832-35; a Lord-in-Waiting 1846-47; President, Royal Agricultural Society 1852

Henry John [Reynolds-Moreton], 3rd Earl of Ducie, GCVO

born

25 Jun 1827

mar.

24 May 1849 his cousin Julia Langston (d. 3 Feb 1895), only dau. and hrss. of James Haughton Langston MP, of Sarsden, Chipping Norton, co. Oxford, by his wife Lady Julia Reynolds-Moreton, dau. of Thomas [Reynolds-Moreton], 1st Earl of Ducie

children

1. Hon Henry Haughton Reynolds-Moreton DL, styled Lord Moreton, Member of Parliament (Liberal) for West Gloucestershire 1880-85 (b. 4 Mar 1857; dsp. and vp. 28 Feb 1920), mar. 18 Dec 1888 Ada Margarette Smith (dsp. 22 Jan 1944), 1st dau. of Dudley Robert Smith, of Pirbright, co. Surrey, and of Belgrave Square, co. Middlesex, by his wife Ellen Margarette Willes, dau. of Rev Edward Willes, of Astrop

1. Lady Constance Emily Reynolds-Moreton (dsp. 27 Feb 1920), mar. 24 Mar 1874 George John [Shaw-Lefevre], 1st Baron Eversley

died

s.p.m.s. 23 Oct 1921

suc. by

brother

note

Member of Parliament (Liberal) for Stroud 1852-53; Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire 1857-1911; Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard 1859-66; Privy Councillor 1859 ; Lord Warden of the Stannaries and Member of the Council of the Prince of Wales 1888-1908; GCVO 1906

Berkeley Basil [Reynolds-Moreton later Moreton], 4th Earl of Ducie

born

18 Jul 1834

mar.

13 Oct 1862 Emily Eleanor Kent (d. 7 Jun 1921), dau. of John Kent, Commissioner of Crown Lands, Queensland, Australia#

children

1. Hon Capel Henry Berkeley Reynolds Moreton, later 5th Earl of Ducie

2. Hon Algernon Howard Moreton (b. 2 May 1880; d. 23 Jun 1951), mar. 1913 Dorothy Edith Annie Bell (d. 13 Apr 1958), dau. of Robert Bell, of Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, and had issue:

1a. Basil Howard Moreton, later 6th Earl of Ducie

1a. Dorothy Mildred Moreton, mar. 1945 R Sutherland Grant MM

2a. May Reynolds Moreton (b. 1919; d. May 1997)

3a. Joan Eleanor Moreton, mar. 1994 S/Ldr Basil Bannister Daish RAAF

1. Lady Eleanor Alice Moreton (d. unm.)

2. Lady Evelyn Beatrice Moreton (d. 14 Dec 1942)

3. Lady Constance Ethel Moreton (d. 28 Aug 1952)

4. Lady Mary Isabel Moreton (d. 14 Aug 1957)

5. Cecil Agnes Moreton (dvp. an infant 10 Sep 1871)

6. Lady Beatrice Lilian Moreton (d. 1934)

7. Lady Ada Georgina Moreton (d. Sep 1963)

8. Lady Irmengarde Moreton (b. 1879; dsp. 13 Apr 1977), mar. 1924 Rev John Reginald Stotten, son of John Stotten, of Queensland, Australia

died

7 Aug 1924

suc. by

son

note

Minister of Public Instruction, Queensland, Australia 1885-86; Colonial Secretary and Minister of Public Instruction, Queensland, Australia 1886-88

Capel Henry Berkeley Reynolds [Moreton], 5th Earl of Ducie

born

16 May 1875

mar.

1 Aug 1903 Maria Emma Bryant (d. 5 Jun 1958), dau. of Frederick Bryant, of Maryborough, Queensland, Australia

died

s.p. 17 Jun 1952

suc. by

nephew

Basil Howard [Moreton], 6th Earl of Ducie

born

15 Nov 1917

mar.

15 Apr 1950 Alison May Bates (d. Jun 2000), 1st dau. of Leslie Aitken Bates, of Pialba, Queensland, Australia

children

1. Hon David Leslie Moreton, later 7th Earl of Ducie

2. Hon Robert Matthew Moreton, of Crockleys Farm, Tortworth, co. Gloucester (b. 8 Mar 1964), mar. 1988 (div.) Heather Elizabeth Lynton-Jenkins, only dau. of Colin Lynton-Jenkins, of Alveston, co. Avon, and has issue

1. Lady (Alison) Jeannette Moreton (b. 9 Mar 1954), mar. 1986 Mark Allan Stewart, of 1159 St Jerome Crescent, Orleans, Ontario, Canada, and has issue

died

12 Nov 1991

suc. by

son

David Leslie [Moreton], 7th Earl of Ducie

born

20 Sep 1951

mar.

26 Apr 1975 Helen Duchesne, 1st dau. of Martin Leslie Duchesne, of Langford, Bristol

children

1. Hon James Berkeley Moreton, styled Lord Moreton (b. 6 May 1981)

1. Lady Claire Alison Moreton (b. 1984)

 Last updated 18 Aug 2005

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Titles:

7th Earl of Ducie

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 28 Jun 1837)

10th Baron Ducie, of Tortworth in the County of Gloucester

(Great Britain, let. pat. 27 Apr 1763)

7th Baron Moreton, of Tortworth in the County of Gloucester

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 28 Jun 1837)

Address:

Talbots End Farm, Cromhall, Gloucestershire GL12 8AJ

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