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 (died 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
- http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/fortescue-hugh-1783-1861
| Parliament of Great Britain | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Vacant Title last held by The Duke of Bedford |
Vice-Admiral of Devon 1831–1839 | |
| 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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