'Fortescue08'
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Families covered: Fortesecue of Clermont, Fortescue of Dromisken
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| Sir Faithful Fortescue of Dromisken, Governor of Knockfergus (bpt 22.08.1585, bur 29.05.1666) | |||||||||||||||
| m1. Anne Moore (d 05.09.1634, dau of Gerald Moore,1st Viscount Drogheda) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Christopher Fortescue (dvp) | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Elizabeth Fortescue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Richard Graham, Bart of Norton Conyers | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Sir Thomas Fortescue of Dromisken, Governor of Carrickfergus (b c1620, d 1710, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m(2). Sidney Kingsmill (dau of Colonel ?? Kingsmill) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Chichester Fortescue of Dromisken (Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
| Not mentioned by BE1883 or Commoners but probably an early spouse of Chichester, presumed divorced, was ... | |||||||||||||||
| m(1). (div?) Elizabeth Slingsby (b c1619, bur 23.01.1695/6, dau of Sir William Slingsby of Kippax) | |||||||||||||||
| m(2). (1681) Frideswood Hall (dau of Francis Hall) named Tudeswood by Commoners | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Thomas Fortescue of Dromisken (d(vp?) 19.05.1725) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (30.08.1716) Anne Garstin (dau of John Garstin or Garsten of Bragganstown) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Chichester Fortescue of Dromisken, Sheriff of Down (b 05.06.1718, d 16.07.1757) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (09.04.1743) Elizabeth Wellesley (b c1720, d 10.10.1752, dau of Richard Wellesley, 1st Lord Mornington) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Thomas Fortescue of Dromisken, Sheriff of Louth (b 01.05.1744, d 1779) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (03.1770) Mary Pakenham (d 1775, dau of Thomas Pakenham, 1st Lord Longford) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Anna Maria Fortescue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (18.01.1802) W.P. Ruxton of Redhouse | |||||||||||||||
| (B)+ | other issue - Chichester (d young), Elizabeth (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Mary Nicholson (dau of Edward Nicholson by Henrietta Sandford) | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Chichester Fortescue of Dromisken, Sheriff of Louth (b 12.08.1777, d 25.11.1826) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.08.1809) Martha Angel Hobson (dau of Samuel Meade Hobson of Waterford) | |||||||||||||||
| Their elder son was created Lord Clermont. | |||||||||||||||
| (E) | Henrietta or Harriet Fortescue (d 21.01.1816) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.11.1812) George Knox (son of Viscount Northland) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Richard Fortescue (b 07.05.1749, d 1774) | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Sir Chichester Fortescue (b 07.06.1750, Rear Admiral, Ulster King of Arms) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1791) Frances Anna Jones (d 03.01.1803, dau of David Jones of Bensfort) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Frances Anne Fortescue (d 07.1875) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1825) Rev. George Hamilton (b 19.12.1784, d 09 08.1830, rector of Killemogh) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Rev. Loftus George Reade | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Henrietta Catherine Fortescue | ||||||||||||||
| m. H. McEvatt | |||||||||||||||
| (C)+ | other issue - Richard (b 11.12.1791, d 1805), Chichester (b 28.11.1794), Sidney, Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| (4) | Gerald Fortescue 'of co. Louth' (b 15.11.1751, d 27.10.1787/8, Ulster King of Arms) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Tew (dau of Alexander Tew, alderman of Dublin) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Thomas Fortescue (in Delhi) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (19.03.1859) Louisa Margaret Eager (dau of Francis Russell Eager) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Anne Fortescue | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Richard Hopkins-Northey of Oving House | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Elizabeth Fortescue (b 03.04.1745, d 30.09.1780) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1762) William John Kerr, 5th Marquess of Lothian (b 13.03.1737, d 1815) | |||||||||||||||
| b.+ | other issue - John (b 09.06.1719), Anne (b 30.06.1720, d unm 12.1751) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Sidney Fortescue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Bolton of Knock (brother of Theophilus, Archbishop of Cashel) | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Gertrude Fortescue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1707) Thomas St. Leger | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Lettice Fortescue (d 1726) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rev. Thomas Tisdall (d 1729) | |||||||||||||||
| v. | Anne Fortescue | ||||||||||||||
| B. | William Fortescue of Newragh (d 1733) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1681) Margaret Gernon (dau of Nicholas Gernon of Miltown) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Thomas Fortescue of Randalston (b c1686, d 02.1769) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Hamilton (d 12.08.1756, sister of James Hamilton, Earl of Clanbrassil) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | William Henry Fortescue, 1st Viscount Clermont, Earl of Clermont (b 05.08.1722, d 30.09.1806) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.02.1752) Frances Cairnes Murray (b c1734, 03.12.1820, dau of Colonel John Murray of co. Monaghan) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Louisa Fortescue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.09.1776) Rev. _ Harrington | |||||||||||||||
| b. | James Fortescue of Ravensdale Park (b 15.05.1725, d 1782) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Henrietta Hunter (dau of Thomas Orby Hunter of Crowland Abbey) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Thomas Fortescue (d 1785, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | William Charles Fortescue, 2nd Viscount Clermont (b 12.10.1764, d unm 24.06.1829) | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Maria Fortescue (d c1853) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1781) _ Sloper (Captain) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. George Francis Barlow of Hampton-on-Thames (Colonel) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Charlotte Fortescue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1796) Sir Harry Goodricke, Bart of Ribston Hall (d 1820) | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Emily Fortescue (d 27.02.1864) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1811) Charles Grantham of Ketton (dsp 21.12.1859, Captain RN) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Margaret Fortescue (d 22.09.1756) apparently of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Arthur Brooke, Bart (d 07.03.1785) | |||||||||||||||
| d.+ | other issue - Matthew (b 07.11.1726), John (b 28.02.1730) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Faithful Fortescue of Corderry (d 22.03.1740, 4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Tipping (dau of Thomas Tipping of Castletown) | |||||||||||||||
| a.+ | issue - Thomas (b 30.06.1731, d 06.11.1733), Faithful (d 1785) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | John Fortescue (rector of Haynestowne) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Bellingham (dau of Henry Bellingham of Castle Bellingham) | |||||||||||||||
| a.+ | issue including James | ||||||||||||||
| iv. | Alice Fortescue (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Vaughan of Buncranagh | |||||||||||||||
| v. | Mary or Elizabeth Fortescue (d 29.10.1762) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Foster of Dunleer | |||||||||||||||
| vi+. | other issue - Chichester, Matthew (RN) | ||||||||||||||
| 3. | Lettice Fortescue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Thomas Meredyth of Dollardstown (d 1677) | |||||||||||||||
| 4. | Eleanor Fortescue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Thomas Burnet of Ballyleck | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Brent Moore | |||||||||||||||
| 5. | Mary Fortescue apparently the Mary who married ... | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry Smithwick of Shandrome (b 1600, d 11.1670, Lt. Colonel) | |||||||||||||||
| 6.+ | other issue - John (d unm 1668), Roger, Garret, William, Elizabeth, Alice (a 1656) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (1639, sp) Eleanor Whitechurch (dau of Sir Marmaduke Whitechurch, widow of John Symonds) | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): Commoners (vol 4, 'Fortescue of Dromisken and Ravensdale Park', p125+), BE1883 ('Fortescue of Clermont')
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