MORETON, Hon. Henry John Reynolds (1827-1921), of Tortworth Court, Falfield, Glos.

Family and Education

b. 25 June 1827, 1st s. of Henry George Francis Thomas Moreton, 2^nd earl Ducie, and Hon. Elizabeth Dutton, 1^st da. of John Dutton, 2nd bar. Sherborne. educ. Eton 1840-3. m. 24 May 1849, Julia, o. da. and h. of James Haughton Langston MP, of Sarsden House, Chipping Norton, Oxon., 1s. (d.v.p.) 1da. styled. Lord Moreton 1840-53. suc. fa. as 3^rd earl of Ducie 2 June 1853. GCVO 15 May 1906. d. 28 Oct. 1921.

Offices Held

PC 6 July 1859.

J.P. Oxon 1851; Glos. 1857; dep. lt. Glos. 1851; ld. lt. Glos. 1857 – 1911, alderman Glos. 1889–95.

Capt. Yeoman of the Guard June 1859 – July 1866; hon. col. Glos. vols. (5th batt. Glos. regt.) 1868–1911.

Ld. warden of the Stanneries in Cornwall and Devon, and rider and main forester of Dartmoor 1888–1908.

Fellow Geological Society 1853; FRS 22 Feb. 1855; Fellow Royal Geographical Society; Fellow Linnean Society 1889; trustee Hunterian Museum.

Parlimentarian

MORETON, Hon. Henry John Reynolds (1827-1921), of Tortworth Court, Falfield, Glos.

Main residence: Tortworth Court, Falfield, Glos.

Author

S.A.B.

Volume

Commons 1832-1868

Clubs

Brooks's

Athenaeum

Travellers' Club

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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