Constituency | Dates |
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Chipping Wycombe | 1593 |
Family and Education
b. c. 1566, yr. s. of John Fortescue I of Salden by his 1st w., and bro. of Francis Francis and William. educ. Gloucester Hall, Oxf. 3 Aug. 1578, aged 12; I. Temple Nov. 1585. ? unm.
Address
Main residence: Salden, Bucks.
biography text
Fortescue was probably brought into Parliament by Henry, 5th Baron Windsor, perhaps at his father’s request, after a fierce contest with Francis Goodwin. He died s.p. and almost certainly v.p.1Mdx. Peds. (Harl. Soc. lxv), 50; Vis. Bucks. (Harl. Soc lviii), 58; T. Fortescue, Lord Clermont, Fortescue Fam. 380.
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Notes
- 1. Mdx. Peds. (Harl. Soc. lxv), 50; Vis. Bucks. (Harl. Soc lviii), 58; T. Fortescue, Lord Clermont, Fortescue Fam. 380.