David Moreton, 7th Earl of Ducie

David Leslie Moreton, 7th Earl of Ducie (born 20 September 1951) is a British peer, landowner, and farmer. He was a member of the House of Lords from 1991 to 1999. He was previously known as Lord Moreton.

The son of

B.Sc. in agriculture in 1973.^[1]

Becoming a career farmer on his father's estate in Gloucestershire, on 12 November 1991 he succeeded as the Earl of Ducie (created 1837), Baron Ducie (1763), and Baron Moreton of Tortworth (1837).^[1]

In 2003 Ducie was living at Talbots End Farm, Cromhall, Gloucestershire.^[1] Although the family seat, Tortworth Court, was sold after the Second World War, much of its estate, including a nearby lake and woodland, remains in the hands of Tortworth Estates Ltd, of which Ducie is a Director.^[2]

On 26 April 1975, as Lord Moreton he married Helen Duchesne, a daughter of M. L. Duchesne, and they have two children:^[1]

James Berkeley Moreton, Lord Moreton (born 1981)
Lady Claire Alison Moreton (born 1984)

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Burke's Peerage, volume 1 (Burke's Peerage Ltd., 2003), p. 1184
^ International Dendrology Society Year Book 2001, p. 131

[BP2003-1] Burke's Peerage, volume 1 (Burke's Peerage Ltd., 2003), p. 1184

[2] International Dendrology Society Year Book 2001, p. 131

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