'Fortescue03'
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Families covered: Fortescue of Castle Hill, Fortescue of Credan, Fortescue of Filleigh, Fortescue of Ware or Wear Gifford

Bartholomew Fortescue of Filleigh and Wear Giffard
m. Ellen Moore (dau of Maurice Moore of Mooore Hays)
1. Richard Fortescue of Filleigh and Ware (d 1570)
  m. Joan Moreton
A. Hugh Fortescue of Filleigh
  m. Elizabeth Chichester (dau of Sir John Chichester of Raleigh)
  i. John Fortescue (d 1605)
  m. Mary Speccot (dau of Humphry Speccot)
  a. Hugh Fortescue (d 1661)
  m. (1612) Mary Rolle (dau of Robert Rolle of Heanton Sackville)
(1) Robert Fortescue of Filleigh (dsp(s), Colonel, 2nd son)
  m1. Grace Granville (dau of Sir Bevill Granvill of Stow)
  m2. Susannah Northcote (dau of Sir John Northcote)
  (2) Arthur Fortescue of Penwarne (b 06.12.1622, d 1694)
  m. Barbara Elford (dau of John Elford)
(A) Hugh Fortescue of Filleigh and Wear Gifford (d 25.11.1719)
  m1. Bridget Boscawen (d 1708, dau of Hugh Boscawen of Tregothnan by Margaret Clinton)
  (i) Sir Hugh Fortescue, 1st Lord of Castle Hill, Earl Clinton (b c1695, d unm 02/3.05.1751)
  (ii) Margaret Fortescue (d unm 14.03.1760)
m2. Lucy Aylmer (d 18.02.1767, dau of Matthew Aylmer, 1st Lord)
  (iii) Matthew Fortescue, 2nd Lord of Castle Hill (b 31.03.1719, d 10.07.1785)
  m. (08.07.1752) Anne Campbell (d 26.05.1812, dau of John Campbell of Cawdor and Stackpole Court)
  (a) Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Fortescue (b 12.03.1753, d 16.06.1841)
  m. (10.05.1782) Hester Grenville (d 13.11.1847, dau of George Grenville, Prime Minister)
  ((1)) Hugh Fortescue, 2nd Earl Fortescue (b 13.02.1783, d 14.09.1861) had issue
m1. (04.07.1817) Susan Ryder (d 30.07.1827, dau of Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby)
  m2. (26.07.1841, sp?) Elizabeth Geale (d 04.05.1896, dau of Piers Geale)
  ((2)) George Matthew Fortescue of Boconnoc and Dropmore (b 21.05.1791, d 24.01.1877) had issue
  m. (19.02.1833) Louisa Elizabeth Ryder (d 09.01.1899, dau of Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby)
  ((3)) John Fortescue (b 05.05.1796, d 03.01.1869, canon of Worcester) had issue
  m. (13.04.1842) Sophia Nevile (d 29.12.1868) Rev. Henry Nevile)
  ((4)) Hester Fortescue (b 17.12.1784, d 17.12.1873)
  m. (1804) Peter King, 7th Lord (b 31.08.1775, d 04.06.1833)
  ((5)) Catherine Fortescue (b 30.08.1786, d 17.04.1854)
  m. (24.06.1820) Newton Fellows, formerly Wallop, 4th Earl of Portsmouth (b 26.06.1772, d 09.01.1854)
  ((6)) Anne Fortescue (d 28.02.1864)
  m. (03.09.1814) George Wilbraham of Delamere House (b 08.03.1779, d 24.01.1852)
((7)) Mary Fortescue (d 12.08.1874)
  m. (15.02.1823) Sir James Hamlyn Williams, 3rd Bart (d 10.05.1866)
  ((8)) Eleanor Fortescue (d unm 1847)
  ((9)) Elizabeth Fortescue (d 27.01.1867)
  m. (27.12.1830) William Reginald Courtenay, 12th Earl of Devon (d 18.11.1888)
(b) Matthew Fortescue (b 12.04.1754, d 09.11.1842, Captain RN)
  m1. (01.11.1778) Henrietta Archer (dau of Col. _ Archer)
  ((1)) Matthew Fortescue of Belvedere (b 1786, d 14.08.1852) had issue
  m. (12.10.1811) Erskine Christie (d 28.10.1868, dau of James Christie of Durie)
  ((2)) William Fortescue (Rev.) had issue
  m1. (06.02.1819) Isobel Barclay Christie (d 11.10.1826, dau of James Christie of Durie)
  m2. (18.02.1832, sp) Elizabeth Gould (dau of Rev. Robert Freke Gould)
  m2. (06.06.1795) Henrietta Hoare (d 05.09.1841, dau of Sir Richard Hoare, Bart)
  ((3)) Henry Fortescue of Beckenham (b 10.08.1796, d 06.12.1875, Comm. RN) had issue
  m. (02.11.1824) Caroline Russell (d 06.03.1869, dau of Sir Henry Russell, 1st Bart)
(iv) Lucy Fortescue (d 19.01.1746)
  m. (15.06.1742) George Lyttleton, 1st Lord (d 22.08.1773)
  (3) Edmund Fortescue of London and Brierton
  m. (10.1666) Sarah Aland (dau of Henry Aland of Waterford)
  (A) ?? Fortescue, later Fortescue-Aland (d 08.1704)
(B) Sir John Fortescue, later Fortescue-Aland, 1st Lord of Credan (b 07.03.1670, d 19.12.1746)
  m1. (c1700) Grace Pratt (dau of Sir John Pratt by Elizabeth Gregory)
  (i)+ issue (dvp) - John Fortescue (b c1712, d unm 09.12.1743), son
  m2. (29.12.1721) Elizabeth Dormer (b 05.09.1691, d 04.1748, dau of Sir Robert Dormer)
  (iii) Dormer Fortescue-Aland, 2nd Lord of Credan (b c1722, d unm 09.03.1780)
  (4) Samuel Fortescue of Ware
  (A) John Fortescue
  (i) Samuel Fortescue of Ware
  The following comes from Visitation (Devon, 1620, Fortescue).
  (5) Elizabeth Fortescue probably the Elizabeth who married ...
  m. Sir George Chudleigh, 2nd Bart of Ashton (d 1691)
  (6)+ other issue (a 1620) - John (b 1614, dvp?), Joane
b. Sara Fortescue
  m. John Wollacombe
  c. Elizabeth Fortescue
  m. _ Langsford
  d. Dorothy Fortescue
  m. George Yeo of Hwishe
  e.+ other issue - Robert, John, Arthur, Richard, Anne, Cicilie
  ii. Gertrude Fortescue probably of this generation
  m. Arthur Upton of Lupton
2. Levi Fortescue
  m. Mary Giffard (dau of William Giffard of Hattsbury)
  A.+ issue - James, Nicholas, Martin
3. Mary Fortescue
  m. Robert Yeo of Heanton Sackville
4. Gertrude Fortescue probably of this generation
  m. Sir Bernard Drake of Ashe and Mount Drake (d 1585)

Main source(s): BP1934 (Fortescue) with a little input from BE1883 (Fortescue of Clermont), TCP (Fortescue of Credan)
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