George Fortescue (MP)

George Matthew Fortescue^[a] (21 May 1791 – 24 January 1877) was a British military officer and Whig politician, who served as MP for Hindon 1826–1831.^[1]

Fortescue was the son of Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Fortescue and his wife Hester Grenville, daughter of Prime Minister George Grenville.^[1]

In the army, Fortescue served in India and reached the rank of captain. Due to ill health, he took half-pay in 1816.^[1]

Fortescue was elected unopposed as one of the two MPs for Hindon in the 1826 and 1830 elections. He voted for Lord John Russell's first Reform Bill in March 1831 (which would have abolished the constituency of Hindon if it had passed), and stood down at the 1831 election which followed the bill's defeat.^[3]

He was buried at Boconnoc Church.^[2]

Family

On 19 February 1833, he married Lady Louisa Elizabeth Ryder, daughter of Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby. They had four sons and four daughters:^[1]

Louisa Susan Anne Fortescue (1833–1864), married William Westby Moore
George Grenville Fortescue (1835–1856)^[4]
Harriet Eleanor Fortescue (1836–1924), married Admiral Sir Augustus Phillimore
Hugh Granville Fortescue (1838–1875), Captain in the Coldstream Guards
Mary Fortescue (1840–1925), married Rev. Vernon Harcourt Aldham
Elizabeth Frances Fortescue (1843–)
Cyril Dudley Fortescue (1847–1890), Lieutenant-Colonel in the Coldstream Guards^[5]
John Bevill Fortescue (1850–1938), barrister, High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1894^[6]^[7]

Notes

^ The second forename is spelled Mathew (one T) by The History of Parliament,^[1] but Matthew (two Ts) on his gravestone.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "FORTESCUE, Hon. George Mathew (1791-1877)". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
^ ^a ^b "George Matthew Fortescue". Find a Grave. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
^ "Hindon". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Fortescue, George Grenville" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Fortescue, Cyril Dudley" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Fortescue, John Bevill" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
^ "John Bevill Fortescue 1850–1938". The National Archives. Retrieved 18 September 2023.

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Preceded by John Plummer Frederick Gough	Member of Parliament for Hindon 1826–1831 With: Arthur Gough-Calthorpe (1826–30) John Weyland (1830–31)	Succeeded by Edward Stanley John Weyland

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[3] The second forename is spelled Mathew (one T) by The History of Parliament,^[1] but Matthew (two Ts) on his gravestone.^[2]

[hist-parl-1] "FORTESCUE, Hon. George Mathew (1791-1877)". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 20 August 2023.

[findagrave-2] "George Matthew Fortescue". Find a Grave. Retrieved 20 August 2023.

[4] "Hindon". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 19 September 2023.

[5] Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Fortescue, George Grenville" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.

[6] Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Fortescue, Cyril Dudley" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.

[7] Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Fortescue, John Bevill" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.

[8] "John Bevill Fortescue 1850–1938". The National Archives. Retrieved 18 September 2023.

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