Ducie (Henry John Reynolds Moreton, 3rd. Earl of (1827-1921) )

no title. n.p., 1882. A four-page disbound leaflet labelled Private describing the shipwreck of the Severn, R.Y.S. on Marsteinsbåen, near Marstein Island and lighthouse, off the coast of West Norway just south of Bergen. The leaflet describes the trip from when the Severn left St. Helens on the Isle of Wight on Saturday 8th July, 1882, until the safe return of all on board to Hull on 17th July, 1882. The Earl of Ducie was accompanied by his brother-in-law (William) Brodie, (22nd Laird) of Brodie. Ducie notes the assistance given him by the Bergen Vice-Consul Herman D. Janson, and by Albert Brassey in the Czarina, R.Y.S., who arrived at the scene on 13th. July.

Note in pencil on the first page Given me by the Earl of Ducie, G.A. Printed on laid paper. Sewing holes at page edges. 8vo. Re-bound in stiff card covers. Very clean.

Henry Moreton inherited the Earl of Ducie title in 1853 on the death of his father. The Ducie’s main estate is at Tourtworth Court, Gloucestershire, England, where designs for lodges and a prospect tower were made for the 3rd Earl by Sir John Soane in 1896. The 3rd Earl was “Captain” of the Yeoman of the Guard (Queen Victoria’s bodyguard regiment) from 28th June 1859 to 10th July 1866. He served on several Parliamentary Commissions. He spoke Norwegian, and translated into English J.A. Friis’ Laila (Laila; or Sketches from Finmarken) in 1883 (published in London by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge), and Alexander L. Kielland’s Skipper Worse in 1885 (published in London by S. Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington). He is buried at St. Leonard’s church, Tortworth, Gloucestershire.

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