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Hugh Fortescue, 3rd Earl Fortescue DL (4 April 1818 – 10 October 1905), known as Viscount Ebrington from 1841 to 1861, was a

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peer and occasional

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politician.

Life

He was born in

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on 4 April 1818. He was the eldest son of

Hugh Fortescue, 2nd Earl Fortescue Hugh Fortescue, 2nd Earl Fortescue KG, PC (13 February 1783 – 14 September 1861), styled Viscount Ebrington from 1789 to 1841, was a British Whig politician. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1839 to 1841. Background and educa ...

(1783-1861), by his first wife, Lady Susan (died 1827), eldest daughter of

Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby, PC, FSA (22 December 176226 December 1847) was a prominent British politician of the Pittite faction and the Tory party. Background and education Born in London, Ryder was the eldest son of Nathaniel Ryder ...

. He was a

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. He was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Devon on 4 March 1839.The London Gazette
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in 1841 as a

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for

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. He lost this seat in 1852, but returned in 1854 for

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, which seat he held until January 1859, when he resigned. In December of that year, however, he was called up to the

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by a

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. In 1861, he succeeded to his father's earldom.

Family

He married Georgiana Augusta Caroline Dawson-Damer (13 June 1826 – 8 Dec 1866), granddaughter of John Dawson, 1st Earl of Portarlington, on 1 March 1847. They had fourteen children: *Lady Susan Elizabeth (born 1848, died 7 July 1919), never married. *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 Michael Edward Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn, (23 October 1837 – 30 April 1916), known as Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Bt, from 1854 to 1906 and subsequently as The Viscount St Aldwyn to 1915, was a British Conservative politician. Known as "B ...

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 Francis George Hugh Seymour, 5th Marquess of Hertford (11 February 1812 – 25 January 1884), known as Francis Seymour until 1870, was a British army officer, courtier and Conservative politician. He served as Lord Chamberlain of the Hous ...

and had issue. *

Hugh Fortescue, 4th Earl Fortescue Hugh Fortescue, 4th Earl Fortescue (16 April 1854 – 29 October 1932), styled Viscount Ebrington from 1861 to 1905, was an English Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1881 until 1892 and later in the House of Lords havin ...

(born 16 April 1854, died 29 October 1932) *Captain Hon. Sir

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, 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

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, Devon, married Lilla Fane and had issue *Major Hon. Sir

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(born 28 December 1859, died 22 October 1933), married

Winifred Beech Winifred Fortescue (7 February 1888 – 9 April 1951) was a British writer and actress. The wife of Sir John Fortescue, librarian and archivist at Windsor Castle and reputed British Army historian, she became formally styled Winifred, Lady For ...

*Brigadier-General Hon. Charles Granville Fortescue (born 30 October 1861, died 1 February 1951), married Ethel Clarke, daughter of

Sir Charles Clarke, 3rd Baronet General Sir Charles Mansfield Clarke, 3rd Baronet, (13 December 1839 – 22 April 1932) was a British Army officer who was Quartermaster-General to the Forces. Military career Educated at Eton College, Clarke was commissioned into the 57th Re ...

and had issue. *Lady Eleanor Hester Fortescue (born 1863, died 11 Sept 1864) *Alice Sophia Fortescue (born 1864, died 12 Nov 1881) *Lady Frances Blanche Fortescue (born 1865, died 24 October 1950), married Archibald Hay Gordon-Duff. Their daughter Jane Minney Gordon-Duff married Ronald Roxburgh. *William George Damer Fortescue, R.N. (born 8 Dec 1866, lost at sea in September 1887)

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* * * * ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage'' , - 1818 births 1905 deaths Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Fortescue,3 Deputy Lieutenants of Devon UK MPs 1841–1847 UK MPs 1847–1852 UK MPs 1852–1857 UK MPs 1857–1859 UK MPs who inherited peerages Politics of the City of Westminster Hugh,3 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Plymouth {{GB-earl-stub