Henry Haughton Reynolds-Moreton, Lord Moreton DL (4 March 1857 – 28 February 1920), was a British

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politician. Moreton was the son of

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, and his wife Julia (née Langston). He entered Parliament for Gloucestershire West in the 1880 general election, a seat he held until 1885. He married Ada Margarette Smith on 18 December 1888 and had no issue. He edited a glossary of old Gloucestershire words and phrases (published in 1890), to which he also contributed a list of dialect words from

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, where he lived at

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. * Lord Moreton died in February 1920, aged 62, predeceasing his father by one year. His uncle Hon. Berkeley Basil Moreton later succeeded in the earldom.

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;Notes ;Sources * Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Moreton, Henry Reynolds-Moreton, Lord 1857 births 1920 deaths People from Gloucestershire Deputy Lieutenants of Gloucestershire Deputy Lieutenants of Oxfordshire Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1880–1885 Heirs apparent who never acceded British courtesy barons and lords of Parliament