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Hugh Fortescue (1665–1719)

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Arms of Fortescue: Azure, a bend engrailed argent, plain cotised or

Hugh Fortescue (2 June 1665 – December 1719) of Filleigh and Weare Giffard Hall in Devon and of Ebrington Manor[1] in Gloucestershire, was a British landowner and Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1689 and 1713.

Origins

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Fortescue was the eldest son and heir of Arthur Fortescue (1622–1693) of Penwarne, Mevagissey, Cornwall and of Filleigh in Devon, and his wife Barbara Elford, a daughter of John Elford of Sheepstor in Devon.[2]

Career

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Fortescue was returned as Member of Parliament for Tregony at the 1689 English general election.[3] At the 1695 English general election he was returned as MP for Grampound. He was returned as MP for Truro at the 1698 English general election. He was returned again as MP for Tregony at the two general election of 1701. At the 1705 English general election he was returned as MP Mitchell and was returned there again at the 1708 British general election. He was returned as MP for Lostwithiel at the 1710 British general election.[4] He was not prominent in the House of Commons being jailed for absence on two occasions and as well as a number of non-attendances.[5]

Marriages and children

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Fortescue married twice:

Arms of Boscawen: Ermine, a rose gules barbed and seeded proper
Arms of Aylmer: Argent, a cross sable between four Cornish choughs proper[7]
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References

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  1. ^ His arms sculpted over front door
  2. ^ Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p. 355
  3. ^ "FORTESCUE, Hugh (1665-1719), of Penwarne, Mevagissey, Cornw". History of Parliament Online (1660-1690). Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  4. ^ "FORTESCUE, Hugh (1665-1719), of Penwarne, Mevagissey, Cornw". History of Parliament Online (1690-1715). Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  5. ^ "The Ancestry Of Lord Ebrington, One Of The Candidates For St Ives". The Cornishman. No. 60. 4 September 1879. p. 6.
  6. ^ Vivian, p. 355
  7. ^ Kidd, Charles, Debrett's peerage & Baronetage 2015 Edition, London, 2015, p. P72
  8. ^ See image [1] Archived 14 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine in listed building text described incorrectly as "Aylmer quartering Fortescue."[2]
Parliament of England
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Tregony
1689–1695
With: Charles Boscawen 1689
Robert Harley 1689–1690
Sir John Tremayne 1690–1694
The Earl of Kildare 1694–1695
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Grampound
1695–1698
With: John Tanner
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Tregony
with Francis Robartes

1701–1702
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Mitchell
1705–1707
With: Sir William Hodges, Bt
Succeeded by
Parliament of Great Britain
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Parliament of England
Member of Parliament for Mitchell
1707–1710
With: Sir William Hodges, Bt
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Lostwithiel
1710–1713
With: John Hill
Succeeded by