John Fortescue (MP for Barnstaple)

The Honourable John William Fortescue (14 July 1819 – 25 September 1859) was a British Whig politician.

Background

Fortescue was the second son of Hugh Fortescue, 2nd Earl Fortescue, and Lady Susan, daughter of Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby. His paternal grandmother Hester Grenville was the daughter of George Grenville. Hugh Fortescue, 3rd Earl Fortescue and the Hon. Dudley Fortescue were his brothers.

Political career

Fortescue was returned to Parliament as one of two representatives for Barnstaple in 1847, a seat he held until 1852. He was also a Major and later Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the East Devon Militia from 1853 to 1856.^[1]

Personal life

Fortescue died in September 1859, aged 40. He never married.

References

^ Col Henry Walrond, Historical Records of the 1st Devon Militia (4th Battalion The Devonshire Regiment), With a Notice of the 2nd and North Devon Militia Regiments, London: Longmans, 1897/Andesite Press, 2015, ISBN 978-1-37617881-4, Appendix A, p. 410.

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by John Fortescue

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Frederick Hodgson Montague Gore	Member of Parliament for Barnstaple 1847–1852 With: Richard Bremridge	Succeeded by Richard Bremridge Sir William Fraser, Bt

[1] Col Henry Walrond, Historical Records of the 1st Devon Militia (4th Battalion The Devonshire Regiment), With a Notice of the 2nd and North Devon Militia Regiments, London: Longmans, 1897/Andesite Press, 2015, ISBN 978-1-37617881-4, Appendix A, p. 410.

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