Chichester Fortescue
Deceased Person
1750 – 1820
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Who was Chichester Fortescue?
Sir Chichester Fortescue was an Irish admiral and MP.
The son of Chichester Fortescue by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Wesley, 1st Baron Mornington, he represented Trim in the Irish House of Commons from 1798 to the Act of Union 1800. He also served as Ulster King of Arms, succeeding his younger brother Gerald in 1788, and was knighted on 21 February that year by the Lord Lieutenant, Lord Buckingham.
His daughter Frances married George Hamilton, as his second wife.
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