Background
Hugh Fortescue was the first son of Arthur Fortescue (died 1693) of Penwarne, Mevagissey, Cornwall and Buckland Filleigh, Devon, and Barbara Eford of Sheepstor, Devon. The only child (out of eight sons and two daughters) to outlive her father Hugh Boscawen, (1625–1701). She brought money with her marriage increasing Fortescue"s fortune.
Career
Bridget"s mother Margaret was the daughter of Theophilus Clinton, 4th Earl of Lincoln, and was one of the coheirs of the Barony of Clinton upon the death of the 5th Earl in 1692. They had four children:
Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Clinton (1696–1751), created Baron Clinton in 1721
Boscawen Fortescue, died unmarried
Theophilus Fortescue, died unmarried
Margaret Fortescue, died unmarried on 14 March 1760
They had two children:
Matthew Fortescue, 2nd Baron Fortescue (1719–1785)
Lucy Fortescue (died 1747), married George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton (1709–1773)
He represented five boroughs in Cornwall from 1689 to 1713. They were Tregony, Grampound, Truro (did not sit), Mitchell and Lostwithiel.
Fortescue was not prominent in the House of Commons being jailed for absent on two occasions and as well as a number of non-attendances.
Membership
1st Parliament of Great Britain. 2nd Parliament of Great Britain. 3rd Parliament of Great Britain.