Chichester Fortescue (5 June 1718 – 16 July 1757) was an Irish

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. He represented

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in the

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between 1747 and 1757. In 1743 he married The Hon. Elizabeth Colley Wesley, daughter of

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and sister of

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. Their children included

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, also an MP;

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, who married

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;

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, an admiral and MP; and

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, who served as

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Sources

* https://web.archive.org/web/20090601105535/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/irelandcommons.htm * http://thepeerage.com/p10646.htm#i106451 1718 births 1757 deaths Irish MPs 1727–1760

Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Meath constituencies {{Ireland-pre1801-MP-stub