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BARON See also: British statesman, son of See also: Chichester Fortes-cue (d
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1826),M.P. for See also: Louth in the Irish parliament, was See also: born in See also: January 1823
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He came of an old See also: family settled in See also: Ireland since the days of See also: Sir Faithful Fortescue (1581–1666), whose See also: uncle, See also: Lord Chichester, was lord deputy
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The See also: history of the family was written by his elder See also: brother See also: Thomas (1815-1887), who in 1852 was created Baron Clermont
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The future Lord Carlingford, then Mr Chichester Fortescue, went to Christ
See also: Church,
See also: Oxford, where he took a first in See also: classics (1844) and won the chancellor's See also: English essay (1846); and in 1847 he was elected to parliament for Louth as a Liberal
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He became a junior lord of the See also: treasury in 1854, and subsequently held minor offices in the Liberal administrations till in 1865 he was made chief secretary for Ireland under Lord See also: Russell, a See also: post which he again occupied under Gladstone in 1868–187o; he then became president of the See also: Board of See also: Trade (1871–1874), and later lord privy See also: seal (1881–1885) and president of the council (1883–1885)
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He was raised to the See also: peerage in 1874
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He parted from Gladstone on the question of Irish Home See also: Rule, but in earlier years he was his active supporter on Irish questions
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His influence in society was due largely to his wife, Frances (1821–1879), previously the wife of the 7th See also: Earl See also: Waldegrave, whom he married in 1863
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In 1887 his brother, Lord Clermont, died, and Carlingford inherited his peerage; but on his own See also: death without issue on the 3oth of January 1898 both titles became See also: extinct
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