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476 DUCIE and d. of gout and dropsy, 23 May 1793, in Berkeley Sq., aged 51. Will pr. June I793.(") He ^. 19 Aug. 1808, aged 69, at Tortworth. M.I. Will pr. 1808. IV. 1808. 4 and I. Thomas (Reynolds-Moreton), Baron DuciE of Tortworth, ist s. and h., b. 31 Aug., and bap. EARLDOM. 20 Sep. 1776, at St. Geo., Han. Sq.; ed. at Eton; , „ matric. at Oxford (Exeter Coll.) 1792, cr. M.A. 28 June ^^^7- i-,^.^. ps.A. 19 May 18 14; F.R.S. 9 June 18 14. Having apparently held no office, save that he was in 1 800 Lieut. Col. of the West Gloucester Militia, he, being a Whig, was, on 28 Jan. 1837, cr. BARON MORETON OF TORTWORTH, co. Gloucester, and EARL OF DUCIE.C) He m., 5 Dec. 1797, at her father's house, Tenterden Str., St. Geo., Han. Sq., Frances, only da. of Henry (Herbert), ist Earl of Carnarvon, by Elizabeth Alicia Maria, da. of Charles (Wyndham), 2nd Earl of Egremont. She, who was b. 12 June 1775, d. 22 Aug. 1830. He d. at Woodchester Park afsd. 22, and was bur. 29 June 1840, at Tortworth, aged 63. Will pr. Dec. 1840. EARLDOM. 1 2 and 5. Henry George Francis (Reynolds- Moreton), Earl of Ducie, <yc., ist s. and h., . b. 8 May 1802, in London; ed. at Eton, 18 14- ^ ' circa 18 17, and at Trin. Coll. Cambridge. M.P. (Liberal) for Gloucestershire, 1831-32; for East Gloucestershire, 1832-35; //j/d'd' Lord Moreton, 1837-40; a Lord in Waiting, 1846-47. Pres. of the Royal Agric. Soc. 1852. He m., 29 June 1826, at St. Geo., Han. Sq., Elizabeth, ist da. of John (Dutton), 2nd Baron Sherborne, by Mary, da. and h. of Henry Stawel (Bilson-Legge), Baron Stawel of Somerton. He d. at Tortworth, 2, and was bur. there 10 June 1853, aged 51. M.I. Will dat. 4 July 1840, pr. i Sep. 1853. His widow, who was ^. 19, and^i^/. 27 Feb. 1807, at Sherborne, d. at Tortworth, 15, and was bur. there 20 Mar. 1865, aged 58. M.I. Will dat. 20 Apr. 1863 to 25 July 1864, pr. 12 Apr. 1865. BARONY. (*) An account of the disposal of her property is given in Gent. Mag.., vol. Ixiii, pt. i, p. 485. Her only da. (the greatest heiress of the day), Sarah Anne Child, m. John (Fane), Earl of Westmorland. (^) One would have expected the title to have been Earl Ducie, not Earl of Ducie, but the explanation is that the Ducies are believed to have come from Ducey, a small town near Avranches, in Normandy. V.G.