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Hugh Fortescue

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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 4 April 1818

Died: 10 October 1905

Peerages

Viscount Ebrington - 16 June 1841

1st Baron Fortescue - 5 December 1859

3rd Earl Fortescue - 14 September 1861

Appointments

Elections fought

1 July 1841		Plymouth	Whig	787	62.66
6 July 1846 Resignation of Viscount Ebrington on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury.
11 July 1846		Plymouth	Whig	716	79.20
29 July 1847		Plymouth	Whig	921	54.76
8 July 1852		Barnstaple	Whig	332	45.36
20 December 1854		Marylebone	Whig	6,919	62.42
27 March 1857		Marylebone	Whig	Unopposed
16 February 1859 Resignation of Viscount Ebrington.