Hugh Fortescue, first earl Fortescue

(1753-1841)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Fortescue, Hugh Fortescue, Earl, 1753-1841 NRA: Fortescue Hugh (1753-1841) 1st Earl Fortescue LBT ID: LdForte1 VIAF ID: 34286715 LOC ID: no2008173867	B/BAP: 1753-03-12 DIED: 1841-06-16
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The son of Matthew Fortescue, second Baron Fortescue; he married Hester Grenville, and was MP for Beaumaris (1784-85) before being created Earl Fortescue in 1789.
REFERENCES TO Hugh Fortescue, first earl Fortescue: Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 17 August 1820 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Found 1: ¶ 4 Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 20 October 1820 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Found 1: ¶ 2 Sydney Smith to Lady Grey, [August] 1831 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Found 1: ¶ 3 Sydney Smith to Lady Grey, 18 August 1831 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Found 1: ¶ 2 Saba Holland, A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Letters 1831 Creevey, Thomas, 1768-1838, The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Ch XIII: 1819-20