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Hugh Fortescue


(b. June 2, 1665, Castle Hill, Filleigh, Devon – d. 1719, Gloucestershire, England )

Gender: M

British landowner and Whig politician. He sat in the House of Commons between 1689 and 1713.

Also known as:

  • Hugh Fortescue

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