Henry Reynolds-Moreton, 3rd Earl of Ducie

The Right Honourable The Earl of Ducie GCVO, PC, FRS, JP
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
In office 28 June 1859 – 26 June 1868
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	The Viscount Palmerston The Earl Russell
Preceded by	The Lord de Ros
Succeeded by	The Earl Cadogan
Personal details
Born	25 June 1827
Died	28 October 1921
Nationality	British
Political party	Liberal Party
Spouse(s)	Julia Langston (d. 1895)

Henry John Reynolds-Moreton, 3rd Earl of Ducie GCVO, PC, FRS, JP (25 June 1827 – 28 October 1921), styled Lord Moreton between 1840 and 1853, was a British courtier and Liberal Party politician. He notably served as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard from 1859 to 1866. A member of the House of Lords for 68 years, he was Father of the House of Lords between 1913 and his death in 1921.

1 Background and education
2 Political career
3 Family
4 References
5 External links

Background and education

Moreton was the eldest son of Henry Reynolds-Moreton, 2nd Earl of Ducie and his wife, Elizabeth Dutton, daughter of John Dutton, 2nd Baron Sherbourne. He was educated at Eton.^[1]

Political career

In 1852, Moreton entered Parliament as Member of Parliament (MP) for Stroud.^[2] Already the following year he succeeded his father in the earldom and entered the House of Lords. In 1859 he was admitted to the Privy Council^[3] and appointed Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard under Lord Palmerston,^[4] a post he held until the government fell in 1866, the last year under the premiership of Lord Russell.^[5] In 1913 he became Father of the House of Lords as the longest-serving member of that body.

Apart from his political career Lord Ducie was Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire between 1857 and 1911 and Lord Warden of the Stannaries between 1888 and 1908.^[1] In 1906 he was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order.^[6]

Family

Lord Ducie married his first cousin, Julia Langston, daughter of James Langston, MP, on 24 May 1849. They had two children:

Henry Haughton Reynolds-Moreton, Lord Moreton (1857–1920), politician.
Lady Constance Emily Reynolds-Moreton (died 1920), married George Shaw-Lefevre, 1st Baron Eversley.

The Countess of Ducie died in February 1895. Lord Ducie remained a widower until his death in October 1921, aged 94. As his only son had predeceased him, Lord Ducie's titles passed to his younger brother, Berkeley Moreton, 4th Earl of Ducie.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c thepeerage.com Henry John Reynolds-Moreton, 3rd Earl of Ducie
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 5)
^ London Gazette: no. 22283. p. 2628. 8 July 1859.
^ London Gazette: no. 22281. p. 2550. 1 July 1859.
^ London Gazette: no. 23137. p. 3984. 13 July 1866.
^ London Gazette: no. 27913. p. 3325. 15 May 1906.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Henry Reynolds-Moreton, 3rd Earl of Ducie

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by George Julius Poulett Scrope William Stanton	Member of Parliament for Stroud 1852 – 1853 With: George Julius Poulett Scrope	Succeeded by George Julius Poulett Scrope Edward Horsman
Political offices
Preceded by The Lord de Ros	Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard 1859–1866	Succeeded by The Earl Cadogan
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Earl FitzHardinge	Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire 1857–1911	Succeeded by The Earl Beauchamp
Preceded by The Earl Nelson	Father of the House of Lords 1913–1921	Succeeded by The Earl of Coventry
Preceded by The Viscount Portman	Lord Warden of the Stannaries 1888–1908	Succeeded by The Lord Balfour of Burleigh
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Henry Reynolds-Moreton	Earl of Ducie 1853–1921	Succeeded by Berkeley Moreton