Earl of Ducie
Earl of Ducie | |
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Creation date | 28 January 1837 |
Created by | heirs male of the body lawfully begotten |
Subsidiary titles | Baron Ducie Baron Moreton |
Status | Extant |
Motto | PERSEVERANDO (By persevering) |
Earl of Ducie is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1837 for Thomas Reynolds Moreton, 4th Baron Ducie.
History
The Moreton family descends from Edward Moreton, who in the 17th century married Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Ducie. Their son
On his death in 1770 the barony of 1720 became extinct. He was succeeded in the barony of 1763 according to the special remainder by his nephew, the second Baron. He assumed the surname of Moreton by Act of Parliament in 1771. He died childless and was succeeded by his younger brother, Francis Reynolds-Moreton, 3rd Baron Ducie, a notable naval commander. He had earlier represented Lancaster in Parliament. Lord Ducie assumed the surname of Moreton by Act of Parliament in 1786. The remote Ducie Island in the South Pacific is named after him. He was succeeded by his son, the fourth Baron. In 1837 he was created Baron Moreton, of Tortworth in the County of Gloucester, and Earl of Ducie.[3] These titles are in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
His son, the second Earl, represented Gloucestershire and
Augustus Macdonald (who assumed the surname of Macdonald in lieu of Moreton), younger son of the first Earl, was a politician and writer.
Family seat
The ancestral seat of the Moreton family was
Another family seat was Spring Park, Gloucestershire, which was demolished and replaced with the incomplete Woodchester Mansion.The present family seat is the more modest Talbots End Farm, near Cromhall, Gloucestershire.
Barons Ducie de Moreton, First creation (1720)
- Matthew Ducie Moreton, 1st Baron Ducie (1663–1735)
- Matthew Ducie Moreton, 2nd Baron Ducie (1695–1770) (created Baron Ducie in 1763; barony of 1720 extinct on his death)
Barons Ducie, Second creation (1763)
- Matthew Ducie Moreton, 1st Baron Ducie (1695–1770)
- Thomas Reynolds Moreton, 2nd Baron Ducie (1733–1785)
- Francis Reynolds-Moreton, 3rd Baron Ducie (1739–1808) (Captain in the Royal Navy)
- Thomas Reynolds Moreton, 4th Baron Ducie (1776–1840)[6] (created Earl of Ducie in 1837)
Earls of Ducie (1837)
- Thomas Reynolds-Moreton, 1st Earl of Ducie (1776–1840)[7]
- Henry George Francis Reynolds-Moreton, 2nd Earl of Ducie (1802–1853)
- Henry John Reynolds-Moreton, 3rd Earl of Ducie (1827–1921)
- Henry Haughton Reynolds-Moreton, Lord Moreton (1857–1920)
- Berkeley Basil Moreton, 4th Earl of Ducie (1834–1924)
- Capel Henry Berkeley Reynolds Moreton, 5th Earl of Ducie (1875–1952)
- Basil Howard Moreton, 6th Earl of Ducie (1917–1991)
- David Leslie Moreton, 7th Earl of Ducie(b. 1951)
The heir apparent is the present holder's son James Berkeley Moreton, Lord Moreton (b. 1981)
Arms
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References
This article needs additional citations for verification. (November 2021) |
- ^ "No. 5859". The London Gazette. 11 June 1720. p. 4.
- ^ "No. 10306". The London Gazette. 19 April 1763. p. 2.
- ^ "No. 19460". The London Gazette. 24 January 1837. p. 170.
- ^ Historic England (2 November 2013). "Tortworth Court (1000394)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
- ^ "Leyhill Officers' Training School". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
- ^ UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
- ^ UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
Attribution
- Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. London: Dean & Son. p. 310.
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, [page needed], [page needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [better source needed]
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Thomas Reynolds-Moreton, 1st Earl of Ducie
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Capel Henry Berkeley Reynolds Moreton, 5th Earl of Ducie
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Basil Howard Moreton, 6th Earl of Ducie
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by David Leslie Moreton, 7th Earl of Ducie