Thomas Reynolds-Moreton, 1st Earl of Ducie
Thomas Reynolds-Moreton, 1st Earl of Ducie (31 August 1776 – 22 June 1840) was the first Earl of Ducie.
He was the son of Francis Reynolds-Moreton, 3rd Baron Ducie, and his wife, the former Mary Provis.[1] and was educated at Eton College and Exeter College, Oxford.[2] He succeeded to the title of 4th Baron Ducie of Tortworth on 19 August 1808.
On 4 April 1809 he was commissioned as Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant of the Royal West Gloucestershire Local Militia at Bristol.[3][4]
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1814.[5] He was created 1st Earl of Ducie on 28 January 1837.
He married Lady Frances Herbert, daughter of Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Carnarvon, and Lady Elizabeth Alicia Maria Wyndham on 6 December 1797. They had three sons, and five daughters that survived to adulthood.:
- Lady Mary Elizabeth Kitty Moreton (d. 16 Dec 1842) married William Feilding, 7th Earl of Denbigh on 8 May 1822. They had five sons, and six daughters.
- Lady Emily Reynolds-Moreton married Adm. Sir James Whitley Deans Dundas, son of Dr. James Deans. They had no known children.
- Henry George Francis Reynolds-Moreton, 2nd Earl of Ducie (8 May 1802 - 2 June 1853)
- Hon. Augustus Henry Moreton Macdonald (24 June 1804 - 14 Feb 1862) married Mary Jane Macdonald Lockhart, daughter of Sir Charles Macdonald Lockhart, 2nd Baronet. They had two sons, and five daughters.
- Lady Julia Frances (abt. 1806-25 Jun 1869)[6] married James Langston on 6 Jul 1824. They had two sons and two daughters.
- Lady Charlotte (27 Dec 1806-2 Jul 1881) [7] married Maurice Berkeley, 1st Baron FitzHardinge on 30 Sep 1834.[8] They had one son and one daughter.
- Hon. Percy (18 June 1808 - 15 Mar 1886) married Jane Frances Price, daughter of Sir Rose Price, 1st Baronet, on 28 April 1846. They had four sons, and three daughters.
- Lady Katherine (1815 - 1892) married John Raymond Raymond-Barker, on 14 December 1841. They had one known son.
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References
[edit]- ^ Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume IV, page 475
- ^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. Volume 1, page 1185
- ^ Maj Wilfred Joseph Cripps (revised by Capt Hon M.H. Hicks-Beach & Maj B.N. Spraggett), The Royal North Gloucester Militia, 2nd Edn, Cirencester: Wilts & Gloucestershire Standard Printing Works, 1914, pp. 119–20.
- ^ Local Militia: Gloucestershire, at This Re-illuminated School of Mars: Auxiliary forces and other aspects of Albion under Arms in the Great War against France.
- ^ "Fellow Details". Royal Society. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- ^ Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1813
- ^ Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1813
- ^ England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973
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