Background
Moreton was the eldest son of Henry Reynolds-Moreton, 2nd Earl of Ducie and his wife, Elizabeth Dutton, daughter of John Dutton, 2nd Baron Sherborne.
Moreton was the eldest son of Henry Reynolds-Moreton, 2nd Earl of Ducie and his wife, Elizabeth Dutton, daughter of John Dutton, 2nd Baron Sherborne.
He was educated at Eton.
He notably served as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard from 1859 to 1866. 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 and appointed Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard under Lord Palmerston, a post he held until the government fell in 1866, the last year under the premiership of Lord Russell.
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.
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 and Lord Ducie remained a widower until his death in October 1921, aged 94. Between 1848 and 1853 he had built where he then lived.
During his long life he spent much time acquiring unusual and exotic plants from around the world to plant in the grounds of Many of the plants remain and the grounds now comprises one of the great arboretums of England.
In 1872, a short article by the third earl entitled Crocodile shooting was published in Land and Water. lieutenant is available online through the Open Library.
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In 1852, Moreton entered Parliament as Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Stroud.