Thomas Reynolds-Moreton, 1st Earl of Ducie
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] Eton College and Exeter College, Oxford .[ 2]
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 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] James Langston on 6 Jul 1824. They had two sons and two daughters.
Lady Charlotte (27 Dec 1806-2 Jul 1881) [ 7] Maurice Berkeley, 1st Baron FitzHardinge on 30 Sep 1834.[ 8]
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
Coat of arms of Thomas Reynolds-Moreton, 1st Earl of Ducie
Coronet
A Coronet of an Earl
Crest
A Moorcock's Head Or combed and wattled Gules between two Wings displayed Azure
Escutcheon
Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Argent a Chevron Gules between three Square Buckles Sable (Moreton); 2nd and 3rd, Or two Lions passant guardant Gules (Ducie)
Supporters
On either side a Unicorn Argent armed unguled maned and tufted Or, each gorged with a Ducal Coronet per pale Gold and Gules
Motto
Perseverando (By persevering)
References
^ 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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