Chichester Fortescue (Ulster) Explained

Honorific Prefix:Rear-Admiral Sir
Chichester Fortescue
Birth Date:7 June 1750
Death Date:22 March 1820
Occupation:Naval officer and politician
Term Start2:1798
Term End2:1801
Term Start1:1788
Term End1:1820
Serviceyears:1773–1799
Awards:Knight bachelor

Sir Chichester Fortescue (7 June 1750 – 22 March 1820) was an Irish admiral and member of parliament.

The son of Chichester Fortescue by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Wesley, 1st Baron Mornington (through whom he was a first cousin of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington), 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.[1]

His daughter Frances married George Hamilton, as his second wife.[2]

Notes and References

  1. [William Arthur Shaw]
  2. Hamilton, George (1783-1830). 24.