Background
Fortescue was the son of James Fortescue and Mary Henrietta Hunter, daughter of Thomas Orby Hunter, of Crowland Abbey, Lincolnshire.
Fortescue was the son of James Fortescue and Mary Henrietta Hunter, daughter of Thomas Orby Hunter, of Crowland Abbey, Lincolnshire.
He served in the British Army, reaching the rank of lieutenant. He was instead returned to the British Parliament for County Louth, where he remained until 1806. This was an Irish peerage and did not entitle him to an automatic seat in the English House of Lords although he was forced to resign his seat in Parliament as Irish peers were barred from representing Irish constituencies in the House of Commons.
Lord Clermont died at Ravensdale Park, County Louth, in June 1829, aged 64.
The Clermont title was revived in 1852 when his kinsman Thomas Fortescue was made Baron Clermont.
1st United Kingdom Parliament. 2nd United Kingdom Parliament.