Thomas Fortescue (1683–1769)
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Thomas Fortescue was an Irish Member of Parliament
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By his wife Elizabeth, daughter of James Hamilton, granddaughter of John Mordaunt, 1st Viscount Mordaunt
and sister of James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Clanbrassil, he was father of William Henry Fortescue, later Earl of Clermont
; James Fortescue
, an MP and Privy Councillor; Charlotte Fortescue, who married Sir Henry Goodricke, 6th Baronet, and Margaret Fortescue, who married Sir Arthur Brooke, 1st Baronet
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He sat in the Irish House of Commons
for Dundalk
from 1727 to 1760.
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
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By his wife Elizabeth, daughter of James Hamilton, granddaughter of John Mordaunt, 1st Viscount Mordaunt
John Mordaunt, 1st Viscount Mordaunt
John Mordaunt, 1st Viscount Mordaunt was an English royalist.He was born in Lowick, the second son of John Mordaunt, 1st Earl of Peterborough and Elizabeth Howard John Mordaunt, 1st Viscount Mordaunt (18 June 1626 – 5 June 1675) was an English royalist.He was born in Lowick, the second son of John...
and sister of James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Clanbrassil, he was father of William Henry Fortescue, later Earl of Clermont
Earl of Clermont
Viscount Clermont, of Clermont in the County of Louth, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1776 for William Fortescue, 1st Baron Clermont, with remainder in default of male issue of his own to his brother James Fortescue and the heirs male of his body. He was the son of Thomas...
; James Fortescue
James Fortescue
James Fortescue was an Irish politician.He sat in the Irish House of Commons for Dundalk between 1757 and 1760 and County Louth between 1761 and his death...
, an MP and Privy Councillor; Charlotte Fortescue, who married Sir Henry Goodricke, 6th Baronet, and Margaret Fortescue, who married Sir Arthur Brooke, 1st Baronet
Sir Arthur Brooke, 1st Baronet
Sir Arthur Brooke, 1st Baronet PC was an Irish baronet and politician.He was the son of Henry Brooke and his wife Lettice Burton, daughter of Benjamin Burton. Brooke was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1746. He was appointed High Sheriff of Fermanagh...
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He sat in the Irish House of Commons
Irish House of Commons
The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland, that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords...
for Dundalk
Dundalk (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Dundalk was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1801.-History:In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Dundalk was represented with two members.-1689–1801:...
from 1727 to 1760.