Hugh Fortescue, 2nd Earl Fortescue
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Hugh Fortescue, 2nd Earl Fortescue KG PC (13 February 1783 – 14 September 1861), known (1789–1841) as Viscount Ebrington, was a British politician who served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1839 to 1841.
He first became an MP, for barnstaple, just after his 21st birthday and later Tavistock (1821-31) failing to find a seat after the Reform Act. Ebrington belonged to that section of the Whig party that welcomed much of the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon hoping for radical change in Britain. After Napoleon's first abdication and exile to Elba he arranged visits, with other prominant, Whigs to see him.
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