| 词条 | Matthew Ducie Moreton, 2nd Baron Ducie |
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Matthew Ducie Moreton, 2nd Baron Ducie (died 1770) of Tortworth, Gloucestershire, was a British Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1721 and 1735 winning by-elections at four separate constituencies but never winning at a general election. He vacated his seat when he succeeded to the peerage as Baron Ducie. Moreton was the eldest son of Matthew Moreton, 1st Baron Ducie and his wife Arabella Prestwick, daughter of Sir Thomas Prestwick, 2nd Baronet, of Hulme, Lancashire. He was possibly educated at Harrow School.[1] Moreton's father left the House of Commons in 1720 on being raised to the peerage and the son was elected Member of Parliament for Cricklade at a contested by-election on 1 February 1721. Thereafter, he voted consistently for the Administration. He was defeated by a single vote at the 1722 general election. He was then elected MP for Calne at another contested by-election on 28 February 1723, possibly on the interest of Walter Hungerford to whom he was related. He stood in a contest for Gloucester at the 1727 general election, but was caught up in a double return and waived his rights. The Administration brought him in for Tregony at a by-election on 6 February 1729. He was subsequently brought in for Lostwithiel at a further by-election in 31 Mar 1735. A month later on 2 May 1735, he succeeded to the peerage as Baron Ducie on the death of his father. When Walpole's government fell in 1742, Lord Ducie agreed to hold the office of surveyor of the petty customs in London in trust for Henry Bilson-Legge and Benjamin Keene, but in 1752 he asked to be relieved of it. In 1755 he was appointed Constable of St. Briavels, Warden of the Forest of Dean and Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire holding the posts to 1758, and High Steward of Gloucester which he held until 1766. He was unmarried and as his barony would become extinct, he was created Baron Ducie of Tortworth, on 27 April 1763 with a special remainder to the descent of his sister Elizabeth, who married Francis Reynolds.[1] Lord Ducie. died unmarried in December 1770 and was succeeded by his nephew Thomas Reynolds, who adopted the name Moreton.[1] References1. ^1 2 {{cite web| url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/moreton-hon-matthew-ducie-1700-1770| title= MORETON, Hon. Matthew Ducie (bef.1700-1770), of Tortworth, Glos.| publisher= History of Parliament Online| accessdate = 7 November 2018}} {{s-start}}{{s-par|gb}}{{s-bef| before = Sir Thomas Reade | before2 = Samuel Robinson }}{{s-title | title = Member of Parliament for Cricklade | years = 1721–1722 | with = Sir Thomas Reade }}{{s-aft | after = Sir Thomas Reade | after2 = Thomas Gore }}{{s-bef | before = Edmund Pike Heath | before2 = George Duckett }}{{s-title | title = Member of Parliament for Calne | years = 1723–1727 | with = Edmund Pike Heath }}{{s-aft | after = William Duckett | after2 = William Wardour }}{{s-bef | before = Thomas Smith | before2 = John Goddard }}{{s-title | title = Member of Parliament for Tregony | years = 1729–1734 | with = John Goddard }}{{s-aft | after = Henry Penton | after2 = John Goddard }}{{s-bef | before = Richard Edgcumbe | before2 = Philip Lloyd }}{{s-title | title = Member of Parliament for Lostwithiel | years = 1735 | with = Richard Edgcumbe }}{{s-aft | after = Richard Edgcumbe | after2 = Sir John Crosse }}{{s-reg|gb}}{{succession box | title=Baron Ducie de Moreton, First creation (1720)| before= Matthew Moreton| after= Extinct | years=1735–1770}}{{s-reg|gb}}{{succession box | title=Baron Ducie Second creation (1763) | before=New creation| after=Thomas Reynolds-Moreton | years=1763–1770}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Moreton, Matthew Ducie, 2nd Baron Ducie}} 7 : 1690s births|1770 deaths|Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies|British MPs 1715–22|British MPs 1722–27|British MPs 1727–34|British MPs 1734–41 |
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