Chichester Fortescue MP (1616 - 1642)

Born 1616 in Dromiskin, County Louth, Ireland

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 1642 at about age 26 in Drogheda, County of the Town of Drogheda, Ireland

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Biography

Chichester Fortescue was the oldest son of Faithful Fortescue and Anne Moore.^[1] He is called Colonel in Clermont's account of the family, but only appears to have been a Major.^[1]

Political Career

He entered The Inner Temple on 26 Apr 1633.^[1]

In 1634 he was a member of the Irish Parliament, representing the borough of Charlemont.^[1] In 1642 he was a representative for Carlingford.^[1]

Marriage

Chichester Fortescue married Elizabeth Slingsby, daughter of Sir William Slingsby.^[1][2]

Issue:

1. Elizabeth (Fortescue) Graham

Death

He was a major in the army in Ireland and raised a company at his own expense in Lord Moore's regiment, and died in 1641^[1] during the Siege of Drogheda, his father having shortly before resigned as Governor of Drogheda, leaving his two sons in the garrison.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} Clermont, Thomas Fortescue, Baron, 1815-1887. A History of the Family of Fortescue In All Its Branches. 2d ed. London: Ellis and White, 1880. pgs 198, 199
2. ↑ Cokayne, George E. (George Edward), 1825-1911. Complete Baronetage. Volume III. Exeter: W. Pollard & co., ltd., 1900. page 263
3. ↑ Clermont, Thomas Fortescue, Baron, 1815-1887. A History of the Family of Fortescue In All Its Branches. 2d ed. London: Ellis and White, 1880. pg 185

See Also:

• The Peerage [1]