178 DDCIE. officer, 10th Dragoons, 1750-51 ; Capt., 3rd Dragoon Guards, 1755 ; Lien. Col., Cold- stream Foot Guards, 1702-71. By act of Pari. 8 March 1771 lie took the name and arms of Moreton. He m. 20 Feb. 1774 at Brothei ton, co. York, Margaret 2nd da. of Sir John Ramsden, 3rd Bart., of Byroni, by Margaret, da. and h. of William Norton ofSawley. He d. 11 Sep. 17S5, and was bur. at Tortworth. Admon. Oct. 1785. His widow was bur. there 29 May 1786. Will pr. May 1786. III. 1785. 3. Francis (Reynot.ds-Moreton), Baron Ducie of Tortworth, only br. and h., according to the spec, lim. in the creation cf that dignity. He was b. at Straugways, 28 March, and was bap. 25 jane 1739, at Manchester; was an officer in the Royal Navy, and finally, 1762, Post Captain; M.P. for Lancaster, 17S4-S5 and clerk of the Crown for that county. By act of Pari. 1786 he took the name and anus of Moreton. He m. firstly, 10 Oct. 1771, at St. Geo. Han. sq., Mary, da. and coheir of Thomas Provis of Charlton, near Shepton Mallet, Somerset. She d. May 1789. He m. secondly, 18 June 1791, at St. Geo. Han. sq., Sarah, widow of Robert Child of Osterley Park, Midx., da. of Paul JoDkkll, but by her he had no issue. She tf. 23 May 1793. Will pr. June 1793 He d. 19 Aug. 1808, aged 69, at Tortworth. Will pr. 1S08. IV. 180S. 4 and 1. Thomas (Reyxolds-Moreton), Baron Ducie Earldom 0F Tortworth, 1st s. and h., 5. 31 Aug. and bap. 20 Sep. 177$. at ' St. Geo. Han. Sq. ; ed. at Eton and at Exeter Coll., Oxford; cr. 1. looY. M.A., 28 June 1797 ; and, forty years afterwards, (having apparently held no office save that he was in 1800, Lieut.-Col. of the West Glouc. Militia), was, on 28 Jany. 1837, cr. BARON MORETON OF TORT- WORTH, co. Gloucester and EARL OF DUCIE (>'). F.R.S. and F.S.A. He m. 5 Dec. 1797, at her father's house, Tenterden Street, St. Geo. Han. Sq-, Frances, da. of Henry (Herbert), 1st Earl of Carnarvon, by Elizabeth-Alicia-Maria, da. of Charles (Wvndham), 2d Earl of Eorkmont. She, who was b. 12 June 1775, d> 22 Aug. 1830. He d. 22 June 1810. Will pr. Dec. 1810. Earldom. 2 and 5. Hesry-George-Fr&ncis (Reynolds- II, I Moreton), Earl of Ducie, &c, 1st s. and h., b. May _ >1S40. 1S02, in London ; M.P. for Gloucestershire, 1831-32 ; for uarony. I East Gloucestershire, 1832-35 ; sti/led Lord Moreton, V. / 1837-10 ; one of the Lords-in -Waiting, 1816-52. He m. 29 June 1S26, at St. Geo. Han. Sq., Elizabeth, 1st da. of John (Dutton), 1st Baron Sherborne, by Mary, da. and h. of Henry-Stawel (Leoge), Baron Stawel of Somerton. He rf. 2 June 1853. aged 51, at Tortworth Court. Will pr. Sep. 1853. His widow, who was b. 19 Feb. 1807, rf. there 15 March 1865, aged 58. Earldom. 3 and 6. Henry-John (Reynolds-Moreton), II. / Earl of Ducie, [1837], Baron Ddcie of Tortworth j. > 1853. [1763] and Baron Moreton of Tortworth [1837], 1st .Barony. i g nn( j ^ j 2 5 j, me 1827, styled Lord Moreton, VI, / 1840-53 ; M.P. for Stroud, 1852-53 ; Lord Lieut, for co. Gloucester, 1857 ; Capt. of the Yeomen of the Guard, 1859-66 ; P.C., 1859 ; Lord Warden of the Stannaries, 1888 ; Member of the Council of the Prince of Wales, 1889. He m. 21 May 1849, at St. Geo. Han. Sq., his cousin, Julia, only da. and h. of James-Haughton Lanqston, of Sarsden House, Oxon, by Julia, da. of Thomas (Reynolds-Moiieton), 1st Earl of Ducie. (■>) See an account of the disposal of her property in " Gent. Mag.," vol. Ixiii, pt. 1, p. 485. Her only da. (the greatest heiress of her period), Sarah Anue Child, m. John (Fane), Earl of Westmorland. (b) One would have expected the title to have been Earl Ducie. not Earl of Ducie inasmuch as Ducie was a personal and not a local name.
