Individual Notes

Note for:   Hugh John Fortescue,   10 Aug 1844 - 6 Oct 1907         Index

Individual Note:
     Fortescue, Hugh John. College: MAGDALENE Entered: Michs. 1863 Born: Aug. 10, 1844 Died:
Adm. pens. (age 19) at MAGDALENE, June 30, 1863. S. of The Hon. John (next), R. of Poltimore, Exeter. B. Aug. 10, 1844. School, Eton. Matric Michs. 1863; Scholar, 1864; B.A. 1867; M.A. 1870. Rowing ‘blue,’ 1866. Ord. deacon (Worcester) 1867; priest, 1869; C. of St M., Kidderminster, 1867-76. V. of St George's, Leicester, 1876-95. R. of Honiton, Devon, 1895-1907. Died unmarried Oct. 6, 1907, at Margate. (Eton Sch. Lists; Crockford; Burke, P. and B.; Book of Blues; Scott, MSS.; The Times, Oct. 8, 1907.)

1881 census:
    Name           Relation           Marital Status           Gender           Age           Birthplace           Occupation           Disability
    Hugh J. FORTESCUE            Head            U            Male            36            Poltimore, Devon, England            Vicar Of St Georges Church           
    Eleanor FORTESCUE            Sister            U            Female            33            Poltimore, Devon, England            Annuitant (Dividends &c)           
    Mary A. ALFORD            Serv            U            Female            36            Atherington, Devon, England            General Serv (Cook)           
    Katherine WALSINGHAM Serv            U            Female            33            Coughton, Warwick, England            General Serv (House & Parlour Maid)           
    Eva SANDERS            Serv            U            Female            18            Barnstable, Devon, England            General Serv (Kitchen Maid)           

Source Information:
              Dwelling           28 Saxe Coburg St (St Georges Vicarage)
               Census Place           Leicester St Margaret, Leicester, England
              Family History Library Film           1341754
              Public Records Office Reference           RG11
              Piece / Folio           3160 / 56
              Page Number           14

1901 census: listed as Priest of Church of England in Honiton, Devon, age 56, born in Poltimore, Devon.



Individual Notes

Note for:   Henry Bentinck,   17 Mar 1682 - 4 Jul 1726         Index

Burial:   
     Date:   3 Nov 1726
     Place:   Westminster Abbey, Middlesex, England

Individual Note:
     His son, Henry (1682-1726), who was created 1st Duke of Portland in 1716, married Elizabeth Noel, daughter of the 2nd Earl of Gainsborough, and through her acquired the Titchfield estates in Hampshire (formerly owned by the Wriothesley family, Earls of Southampton).