26TH GENERATION

934. Hugh FORTESCUE 3rd Earl Fortescue^{(942) (943)} was born on 4 Apr 1818. Hugh, Viscount Ebrington, succeeded his father, becoming the 3rd Earl
Fortescue in 1861. He was M.P. for Marylebone from 1854 to 1859. He
was summoned to the House of Lords in December 1859.

The book "Looking Back" written by Seymour - Hugh's Son - is written
In Chronological order and it says

On page 8 "In the winter of 1859 my father, already Viscount
Ebringham accompanied by his brother John, who had developed
consumptive tendencies and was ordered abroad, by his doctors, to
Madeira" (My comment is that Hugh was already a Lord so he could
have been called to the Lords earlier in than on his father's death.)

On page 10 "the winter of of 1860-61 was spent in Pau"

On page 11 "During our stay at Pau my grandfather died and my
parents settled down at Castle Hill,
with 17 Brunton Street as our London House"

(The above proves that Hugh's father didn't die in 1859 but doesn't
prove conclusively that he died in 1861 - but it is quite probable).

He was married to Georgiana Augusta Charlotte Caroline DAWSON-DAMER (daughter of Col DAWSON-DAMER and Lady Mary SEYMOUR) on 18 Mar 1847 in Came, Nr Weymouth, Dorset. Georgiana Augusta Charlotte Caroline DAWSON-DAMER⁽⁹⁴⁴⁾ died on 8 Dec 1866. Hugh FORTESCUE 3rd Earl Fortescue and Georgiana Augusta Charlotte Caroline DAWSON-DAMER had the following children:

1075 i. Susan Elizabeth FORTESCUE of Castle Hill ⁽⁹⁴⁵⁾ was born in Sep 1848.
+1076 ii. Mary Eleanor FORTESCUE of Castle Hill.
+1077 iii. Lucy Catherine FORTESCUE of Castle Hill.
+1078 iv. Georgiana Seymour FORTESCUE of Castle Hill.
+1079 v. Hugh FORTESCUE 4th Earl Fortescue.
1080 vi. Capt the Hon Sir Seymour John FORTESCUE G.C.V.O., C.M.G ⁽⁹⁴⁶⁾ was born in Feb 1856. He died on 20 Mar 1942. Equerry to the Prince of Wales later King Edward VII after a career
in the Royal Navy. Equerry to George V, Edward VIII and George VI. He
had many overseas decorations.

When he retired became a Sergeant-At-Arms in the House of Lords 1910
to 1936. In 1922 a the age of 66 he wrote an autobiography "Looking
Back" . In 1936 he again became an Equerry. He was a great clubman and
one for the ladies. Died unmarried.
+1081 vii. Major Lionel Henry Dudley FORTESCUE of Castle Hill.
+1082 viii. Arthur Grenville FORTESCUE of Castle Hill.
+1083 ix. Sir John William FORTESCUE K.C.V.O, LL.D, D Litt.
+1084 x. Gen Charles Granville FORTESCUE CB CMG DSO of Castle Hill.
1085 xi. Eleanor Hester FORTESCUE of Castle Hill ^(947)(948) died on 11 Sep 1864.
1086 xii. Alice Sophia FORTESCUE of Castle Hill⁽⁹⁴⁹⁾ .
+1087 xiii. Frances Blanche FORTESCUE of Castle Hill.
1088 xiv. William George Damer FORTESCUE^{(950) (873)} was born on 8 Dec 1866. He died in 1887 in China Sea in HMS Wasp. There is a Commemorative Plaque in Filleigh Church