Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Fortescue (12 March 1753 – 16 June 1841) was a

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, created

Earl Fortescue Earl Fortescue is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain that was created in 1789 for Hugh Fortescue, 3rd Baron Fortescue (1753–1841), a member of parliament for Beaumaris and Lord-Lieutenant of Devon. History The Earls Fortescue descen ...

in 1789. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for

Beaumaris Beaumaris (; ) is a town and community (Wales), community on the Anglesey, Isle of Anglesey in Wales, of which it is the former county town. It is located at the eastern entrance to the Menai Strait, the tidal waterway separating Anglesey fro ...

from 1784 to 1785.

Origins

He was the son of Matthew Fortescue, 2nd Baron Fortescue, younger half-brother of

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Residences

Earl Fortescue's residences were as follows: * Castle Hill,

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, North Devon. *

Ebrington Manor Ebrington Manor is a grade II listed manor house in the parish of Ebrington in Gloucestershire, England. Since 1476 it has been a seat of the Fortescue family, since 1789 Earls Fortescue. Location It is located within the village of Ebringt ...

, Gloucestershire. *

Weare Giffard Weare Giffard is a small village, civil parish and former Manorialism, manor in the Torridge District, Torridge district, in north Devon, England. The church and manor house are situated 2 1/2 miles NW of Great Torrington in Devon. Most of th ...

Hall, Devon.

Marriage and progeny

Lord Fortescue married Hester Grenville (1767–1847), daughter of the Prime Minister

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, on 10 May 1782. They had nine children: * Lady Hester Fortescue (1784-1873), married

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and had issue. *

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(1783–1861) * Captain Hon. George Matthew Fortescue (1791–1877), married Lady Louisa Ryder, daughter of

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and had issue, including Louia Susan, who married William Westby Moore of

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. * Lady Mary Fortescue (15 September 1792, Filleigh, Devon – 12 August 1874,

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). 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 William Reginald Courtenay, 11th Earl of Devon Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, PC (14 April 1807 – 18 November 1888), styled Lord Courtenay between 1835 and 1859, was a British politician who served as Chancellor of the Duchy o ...

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.Axe, Matthew, Chapman, Lesley & Miller, Sharon. The Lost Houses of Eggesford, Eggesford, 1995, pp. 18–21 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 (died 1864), married George Wilbraham and had issue. * Lady Eleanor Fortescue (1798–1847), chest tomb in

Church, Devon.

References

External links

* * http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/fortescue-hugh-1783-1861 , - , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Fortescue, Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl 1753 births 1841 deaths Fortescue,1 Lord-lieutenants of Devon Hugh,1 Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Welsh constituencies British MPs 1784–1790 Devon Militia officers