Earl Fortescue
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Earl Fortescue is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain created in 1789.
The Earl holds the subsidiary titles of Viscount Ebrington (1789) and Baron Fortescue (1746), both in the Peerage of Great Britain. The Barony of Fortescue was created in 1746 along with the Earldom of Clinton, but possessed a special remainder, allowing the childless earl to be succeeded as Lord Fortescue by his half-brother, whose son became the 1st Earl.
The family seat is Ebrington Manor, near Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire.
[edit] Barons Fortescue (1746)
- Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl of Clinton (1696-1751)
- Matthew Fortescue, 2nd Baron Fortescue (1719-1785)
- Hugh Fortescue, 3rd Baron Fortescue (1753-1841) (became Earl Fortescue in 1789)
[edit] Earls Fortescue (1789)
- Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Fortescue (1753-1841)
- Hugh Fortescue, 2nd Earl Fortescue (1783-1861)
- Hugh Fortescue, 3rd Earl Fortescue (1818-1905)
- Hugh Fortescue, 4th Earl Fortescue (1854-1932)
- Hugh William Fortescue, 5th Earl Fortescue (1888-1958)
- Denzil George Fortescue, 6th Earl Fortescue (1893-1977)
- Richard Archibald Fortescue, 7th Earl Fortescue (1922-1993)
- Charles Hugh Richard Fortescue, 8th Earl Fortescue (b.1951)
The Heir Presumptive is John Andrew Francis Fortescue (b. 27 March 1955).
