Hugh Fortescue, 2nd Earl Fortescue, styled Viscount Ebrington from 1789 to 1841, was a British Whig politician. He was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1839 to 1841.
Fortescue, engraving by W. Holl from a painting by George Hayter
Marble bust of Fortescue at West Buckland School
Statue of Fortescue by Edward Bowring Stephens, 1863, in Castle Yard, Exeter
From Illustrated London News: "Inauguration of the Fortescue Memorial in the Castle Yard, Exeter 1863"
Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Fortescue was a British peer, created Earl Fortescue in 1789.
Hugh Fortescue, 2nd Earl Fortescue
…Viscount Ebrington from 1789 to 1841, was a British Whig politician. He was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1839 to 1841. Fortescue was the eldest son of Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Fortescue and Hester Grenville, daughter of Prime Minister George Grenville. He was educated at Eton and Brasenose College, Oxford. Fortescue (as Ebrington) first…
Heraldic achievement of Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Fortescue, showing arms of Fortescue impaling Grenville, c.1800, Possibly from a bookplate: Baron: Azure, a bend engrailled argent plain cottised or; Femme: Vert, on a cross argent five torteaux. The Latin motto of Fortescue is shown beneath: Forte Scutum Salus Ducum ("A Strong Shield is the Salvation of Leaders")