The son of Hugh Fortescue, the first earl (d. 1841), and nephew of Lord Grenville; he was a Whig MP (1804-39) and admirer of Napoleon.

REFERENCES TO Hugh Fortescue, second earl Fortescue:

John Murray to Lord Byron, 17 February 1815 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891)

Samuel Rogers to Sarah Rogers, 14 October 1815 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

John Whishaw to Thomas Smith, 10 July 1818 in The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906)

Lady Morgan to Lady Olivia Clarke, 17 December 1819 in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863)

Sydney Smith to Lady Grey, 7 January 1832 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)

Sydney Smith to Lady Grey, [March] 1832 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)

John Whishaw to Charles and Henry Romilly, 16 July 1833 in The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 28 March 1836 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)