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unusual facts about Henry Reynolds-Moreton, 2nd Earl of Ducie



Beauchamp Tower

Beauchamp Tower was born the son of Robert Beauchamp Tower, rector of Moreton, Essex and educated at Uppingham School, Rutland.

Bore Head

Bore Head won the 1963 Queensland Cup with Fred Clarke in the saddle, carrying just 7 stone 1 pound, defeating Booberanna, 1964 Ipswich Cup (dead-heat with Isaacson), 1965 Caulfield Cup, 1965 QTC Moreton Handicap, 1965 QTC Sir Winston Churchill Stakes and in 1967 the Australian Cup and the Doomben Cup.

Brisbane Municipal Concert Band

Rehearsals are currently held at Paddington Hall, 10 Moreton Street, Paddington.

Carmen Cervera

She was Miss Spain in 1961 and was married firstly as his fifth wife on 6 March 1965 to Lex Barker, secondly in 1975 to Espartaco Santoni, divorcing in 1978, and thirdly as his fifth wife at Daylesford, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, on 16 August 1985, Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza.

Christopher Eipper

Eipper and fourteen others of the party sailed to Moreton Bay in the government schooner Isabella in March 1838 and, on the recommendation of the commandant, Major (Sir) Sydney Cotton, selected a site about seven miles (11 km) from Eagle Farm which they named Zion Hill.

Henry Reynolds

Henry Chidley Reynolds (1849–1925), New Zealand farm manager, butter manufacturer and exporter

Henry Reynolds-Moreton, 2nd Earl of Ducie

The "Ducie cultivator" usually ascribed to him is in fact believed to have been invented by the managers of his ironworks at Uley.

Henry Reynolds-Moreton, Lord Moreton

His uncle Hon. Berkeley Basil Moreton later succeeded in the earldom.

James Haughton Langston

In 1849 she married her cousin Lord Moreton, later 3rd earl of Ducie.

Jonathan Walters

Walters was brought up in Moreton, Merseyside and the house in which he lived in was opposite a number of community football pitches.

Walters was born in Moreton, Merseyside and started his career at Blackburn Rovers having being spotted by playing for Shaftesbury under 16s in the Eastham & District Junior League by Rovers's scout for Wirral and Wales, Mike O'Brien who moved quickly to sign him.

Julian Moreton

These hardships are recorded in Moreton's book and in Bishop Edward Feild's reports to the S.P.G. For example, one account records Moreton visiting Deadman's Bay some 30 miles away from his home, walking for 16 miles along the shore, living on bread and butter with salted fish alone, and expecting only two good meals in nine days.

A year later, in 1848, the Bishop of Newfoundland, Edward Feild, accepted Moreton who was recommended by a friend of Feild a prominent High Church clergyman, William Scott of Hoxton.

Kevin Moreton

In 1979/80 Moreton did a TV advert voice over for Tea manufacturer and distributor "Tetley".

Large toadlet

The Large Toadlet or Great Toadlet or Major Toadlet (Pseudophryne major) is a species of ground-dwelling frog native to eastern Queensland (including Moreton and North Stradbroke Island and northern New South Wales, Australia.

Levedale

It also contains many small villages and hamlets, including Mitton, Coppenhall, Whiston, Lapley, High Onn, Blymhill, Dunston, Bradley, Levedale, Stretton, Moreton, Orslow, etc.

Magic 882

In 1995, after the disastrous Talk format experiment, 4BH was placed in receivership and bought for just over $2 million by Unitel and the Ipswich and West Moreton Broadcasting Corp. 4BH was relocated from Spring Hill to shared studios at the 106.9 QFM building in North Ipswich (now River 94.9).

Max Julius

He was a frequent candidate for elections, and it was his preferences that decided the seat of Moreton in the 1961 federal election in favour of the Liberal James Killen, allowing Robert Menzies to retain government.

Moreton Bay Houses

The Moreton Bay Houses residential project consists of twin houses located beside Moreton Bay in Queensland, designed by Andresen O'Gorman Architects in 2001.

Moreton House

The college is named after Sir Richard Grenville (1541–1591) of the Revenge, British Naval commander, whose family had in later years owned the Moreton Estate.

Moreton-in-Marsh

Moreton was once the headquarters of the railway spot-hire company Cotswold Rail.

Moreton-in-Marsh railway station

Several of the information and direction signs around the station are bilingual – in English and Japanese.

It was the base of Cotswold Rail, a spot-hire company of shunting and mainline locomotives, now based in Gloucester.

Moreton, Dorset

The most famous member of the family was James Frampton (1769-1855) who was responsible for the prosecution of the Tolpuddle Martyrs.

Moreton is also known for the windows of its church, which were designed and engraved by Sir Laurence Whistler over a period of about 30 years.

Mount Cotton, Queensland

He named it after the commandant of the penal settlement of Moreton Bay, Major Sydney Cotton.

Priday, Metford and Company Limited

Herbert Elliott Pearce (3/2/1880 - 14/3/1957) was injured with the Royal Flying Corps in the first world war and later owned the "Hobday and co" ironmonger store in Pimlico, on the corner of Moreton and Tachbrook streets.

Queens Gardens, Townsville

Special areas include the Events Lawn with magnificent trees, a formal rose garden, the Herb Society's garden, a perennial border, two hedged mazes, Frangipani collection, a rainforest walk and the black bean (also known as Moreton Bay chestnuts) avenue.

Stratford and Moreton Tramway

The Stratford and Moreton Tramway was a 16-mile (25-km) long horse-drawn wagonway from the canal basin at Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire to Moreton-in-Marsh in Gloucestershire, with a branch to Shipston-on-Stour.


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