Hugh Fortescue, 3rd Earl Fortescue
He was the eldest son of Hugh Fortescue, 2nd Earl Fortescue (1783-1861), by his first wife, Lady Susan (died 1827), eldest daughter of Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby.
In December of that year, however, he was called up to the House of Lords by a writ of acceleration.
[1] He married Georgiana Augusta Caroline Dawson-Damer (13 June 1826 – 8 Dec 1866), granddaughter of John Dawson, 1st Earl of Portarlington, on 1 March 1847.
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Fortescue as caricatured in Vanity Fair , September 1881
Fortescue as caricatured in Vanity Fair , September 1881