Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Fortescue (1753–1841)

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Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Fortescue (1753–1841), was a British peer and Whig politician who served as Lord Lieutenant of Devon and played a prominent role in late 18th- and early 19th-century British public life.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British peer ⓘ
Whig politician ⓘ
human ⓘ
appointed Lord Lieutenant of Devon in 1789 ⓘ
aristocraticFamily Fortescue family ⓘ
birthDate 1753-03-12 ⓘ
burialPlace Filleigh, Devon ⓘ
child Captain Hon. George Matthew Fortescue ⓘ
Hon. John Fortescue ⓘ
Hon. William Fortescue ⓘ
Hugh Fortescue, 2nd Earl Fortescue ⓘ
Lady Elizabeth Fortescue ⓘ
linked to: Elizabeth Fortescue

Lady Hester Fortescue ⓘ
Lady Mary Fortescue ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
createdTitle Earl Fortescue in the Peerage of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfTitleCreation 1789 ⓘ
deathDate 1841-06-16 ⓘ
educatedAt Eton College ⓘ
Exeter College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName Fortescue ⓘ
father Matthew Fortescue, 2nd Baron Fortescue ⓘ
givenName Hugh ⓘ
heldFrom Lord Lieutenant of Devon 1789 ⓘ
heldUntil Lord Lieutenant of Devon 1839 ⓘ
memberOf House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Whig Party ⓘ
mother Anne Campbell ⓘ
nobleTitle 1st Earl Fortescue ⓘ
Viscount Ebrington ⓘ
notableFor role in late 18th- and early 19th-century British public life ⓘ
service as Lord Lieutenant of Devon ⓘ
notableWork development of Castle Hill estate ⓘ
parliamentaryTerm MP for Barnstaple ⓘ
MP for Beaumaris ⓘ
MP for Devon ⓘ
MP for Tavistock ⓘ
politicalAlignment Whig ⓘ
linked to: British Whig Party
positionHeld Lord Lieutenant of Barnstaple ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of Devon ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of North Devon ⓘ
Member of Parliament ⓘ
residence Castle Hill, Filleigh, Devon ⓘ
Ebrington Manor, Gloucestershire ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Hester Grenville ⓘ

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Fortescue family → notableMember → Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Fortescue (1753–1841) ⓘ