Matthew Moreton, 1st Baron Ducie

His mother was heir to her uncle William Ducie, 1st Viscount Downe, of Tortworth, who died in 1679.

[3] Moreton joined the army and was a cornet in Lord Grey's independent troop of horse in 1685 at the time of the Monmouth rebellion.

The electoral contest at Gloucestershire in 1710 was hard-fought, but Moreton was returned as MP despite having expressed contrary views on the Church of England.

In 1720 he was relieved of his lucrative post to make way for someone else, and created Baron Ducie on 9 June 1720 as compensation.

[4] One daughter, Elizabeth, married Francis Reynolds from whom the Barons Ducie of the second creation was descended.