Hugh Fortescue 2nd Earl Fortescue Politician

Hugh Fortescue, 2nd Earl Fortescue KG, PC (13 February 1783 – 14 September 1861), styled Viscount Ebrington from 1789 to 1841, was a British Whig politician. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1839 to 1841.

Personal facts

Hugh Fortescue 2nd Earl Fortescue
Birth dateFebruary 13, 1783
Date of deathSeptember 14, 1861
Education
Brasenose College Oxford

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Office holder

monarch
Queen Victoria
party
Whigs (British political party)
prime minister
William Lamb 2nd Viscount Melbourne
successor
Thomas de Grey 2nd Earl de Grey

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