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. | |