Hugh Fortescue, 3rd Earl Fortescue
Hugh Fortescue, 3rd Earl Fortescue DL (4 April 1818 – 10 October 1905), known as Viscount Ebrington from 1841 to 1861, was a British peer and occasional Liberal Party politician.
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Life
He was born in London on 4 April 1818. He was the eldest son of Hugh Fortescue, 2nd Earl Fortescue (1783-1861), by his first wife, Lady Susan (died 1827), eldest daughter of Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby. [1] He was a Cambridge Apostle.
He was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Devon on 4th March 1839.[2]
He entered the House of Commons in 1841 as a member for Plymouth. He lost this seat in 1852, but returned in 1854 for Marylebone, which seat he held until 1859, when he was called up to the House of Lords by a writ of acceleration. In 1861, he succeeded to his father's earldom. [1]
Family
He married Georgiana Dawson-Damer, granddaughter of John Dawson, 1st Earl of Portarlington, on 1 March 1847. They had ten children:[1]
- Lady Mary Eleanor Fortescue (born 1849, died 12 October 1938), married George Bridgeman.
- Lady Lucy Catherine Fortescue (born 1851, died 19 March 1940), married Michael Hicks-Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn and had issue.
- Lady Georgiana Seymour Fortescue (born 1852, died 24 December 1915), married her cousin, Lord Ernest Seymour, son of Francis Seymour, 5th Marquess of Hertford and had issue.
- Hugh Fortescue, 4th Earl Fortescue (born 16 April 1854, died 29 October 1932)
- Captain Hon. Sir Seymour John Fortescue, RN (born 10 February 1856, died 20 March 1942), died unmarried.
- Major Hon. Lionel Henry Dudley Fortescue (born 19 November 1857, killed in action 11 June 1900), married Emily Adam
- Captain Hon. Arthur Grenville Fortescue (born 24 December 1858, died 3 October 1895), of Hudscott, Chittlehampton, Devon, married Lilla Fane and had issue
- Major Hon. Sir John William Fortescue (born 28 December 1859, died 22 October 1933), married Winifred Beech
- Brigadier-General Hon. Charles Granville Fortescue (born 30 October 1861, died 1 February 1951), married Ethel Clarke, daughter of Sir Charles Clarke, 3rd Baronet and had issue.
- Lady Frances Blanche Fortescue (born 1865, died 24 October 1950), married Archibald Hay Gordon-Duff and had issue.
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External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl Fortescue
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source][better source needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs [self-published source][better source needed]
- Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Plymouth 1841–1852 With: Roundell Palmer |
Succeeded by Charles John Mare Robert Collier |
Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Marylebone 1854–1859 With: Sir Benjamin Hall, Bt |
Succeeded by Sir Benjamin Hall, Bt Edwin James |
Political offices | ||
Preceded by
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Parliamentary Secretary to the Poor Law Board 1847–1851 |
Succeeded by Ralph William Grey |
Peerage of Great Britain | ||
Preceded by | Earl Fortescue 1861–1905 |
Succeeded by Hugh Fortescue |
Peerage of England | ||
Preceded by | Baron Fortescue (writ in acceleration) 1859–1905 |
Succeeded by Hugh Fortescue |
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