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. and was educated at
Eton College
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and
Exeter College, Oxford
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. 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
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.
He was elected a
Fellow of the Royal Society
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in 1814. 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) married
James Langston on 6 Jul 1824. They had two sons and two daughters.
*Lady Charlotte (27 Dec 1806-2 Jul 1881) married
Maurice Berkeley, 1st Baron FitzHardinge on 30 Sep 1834.
[England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973] 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.
Arms
References
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1776 births
1840 deaths
People from South Gloucestershire District
People educated at Eton College
Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford
Earls in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Gloucestershire Militia officers
Fellows of the Royal Society
Peers of the United Kingdom created by William IV