Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Fortescue
Heraldic achievement of Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Fortescue, showing arms of Fortescue impaling Grenville, c.1800, Possibly from a bookplate: Baron: Azure, a bend engrailled argent plain cottised or; Femme: Vert, on a cross argent five torteaux. The Latin motto of Fortescue is shown beneath: Forte Scutum Salus Ducum ("A Strong Shield is the Salvation of Leaders")[1]
Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Fortescue (12 March 1753 – 16 June 1841) was a British peer, created Earl Fortescue in 1789.
He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Beaumaris from 1784 to 1785.[2]
Origins
He was the son of Matthew Fortescue, 2nd Baron Fortescue, younger half-brother of Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl of Clinton (1696—1751), 1st Baron Fortescue and 14th Baron Clinton.
Residences
Earl Fortescue's residences were as follows:
- Castle Hill, Filleigh, North Devon.
- Ebrington Manor, Gloucestershire.
- Weare Giffard Hall, Devon.
Marriage and progeny
Lord Fortescue married Hester Grenville (1767–1847), daughter of the Prime Minister George Grenville, on 10 May 1782. They had nine children:
- Lady Hester Fortescue (d. 1873), married Peter King, 7th Baron King and had issue.
- Hugh Fortescue, 2nd Earl Fortescue (1783–1861)
- Captain Hon. George Mathew Fortescue (1791–1877), married Lady Louisa Ryder, daughter of Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby and had issue.
- Lady Mary Fortescue (15 September 1792, Filleigh, Devon–12 August 1874, London). Married 15 February 1823 to Sir James Hamlyn Williams of Edwinsford, Carms., and Clovelly, Devon. Buried at Talley, Carms., in the family vault at her special request).
- Rev. Hon. John Fortescue (1796–1869)
- Lady Elizabeth Fortescue (1801–1867), married William Courtenay, 11th Earl of Devon and had issue.
- Lady Catherine Fortescue (1787-20 May 1854), said to have been deaf and dumb. She married in 1820 (as his second wife) her lifelong friend Hon. Newton Fellowes (1772-January 1854), of Eggesford House, Devon, who became in the last year of his life 4th Earl of Portsmouth.[3] They had issue, 1 son (the 5th Earl of Portsmouth b. 1825, from whom all later earls are descended) and three daughters. Her husband's two sons by his first wife both died young and/or unmarried before their father inherited the title.
- Lady Anne Fortescue (d. 1864)
- Lady Eleanor Fortescue (1798–1847), chest tomb in Weare Giffard Church, Devon.
References
- ↑ Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.461
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 1)
- ↑ Axe, Matthew, Chapman, Lesley & Miller, Sharon. The Lost Houses of Eggesford, Eggesford, 1995, pp.18-21
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl Fortescue
| Parliament of Great Britain | ||
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| Preceded by Sir George Warren |
Member of Parliament for Beaumaris 1784 – 1785 |
Succeeded by Sir Hugh Williams, Bt |
| Honorary titles | ||
| Preceded by The Earl Poulett |
Lord Lieutenant of Devon 1788–1839 |
Succeeded by The Viscount Ebrington |
| Peerage of England | ||
| Preceded by Matthew Fortescue |
Baron Fortescue (descended by acceleration) 1785–1839 |
Succeeded by Hugh Fortescue |
| Peerage of Great Britain | ||
| New creation | Earl Fortescue 1789–1841 |
Succeeded by Hugh Fortescue |
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