Hugh Fortescue, 5th Earl Fortescue
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The Right Honourable The Earl Fortescue KG CB OBE MC PC |
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Viscount Ebrington in 1919, an officer in the Royal Scots Greys
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| Conservative Chief Whip in the House of Lords | |
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In office 1945–1957 |
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| Preceded by | The Lord Templemore |
| Succeeded by | The Earl St Aldwyn |
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Hugh William Fortescue 14 June 1888 St George Hanover Square, London, England |
| Died | 14 June 1958 (aged 70) Castle Hill, North Devon |
| Political party | Conservative |
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 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 British Army
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| Years of service | 1907–1918 1939–1944 |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Unit | Royal Scots Greys, Royal Corps of Signals |
| Commands | Royal Devon Yeomanry |
| Battles/wars |
World War I World War II |
| Awards |
Military Cross Knight of the Order of the Garter Companion of the Order of the Bath |
Colonel Hugh William Fortescue, 5th Earl Fortescue KG CB OBE MC PC (14 June 1888 – 14 June 1958), styled Viscount Ebrington from 1905 until 1932, of Castle Hill in the parish of Filleigh, of Weare Giffard Hall, both in Devon and of Ebrington Manor in Gloucestershire, was a British peer, military officer, and Conservative politician.
Hugh Fortescue was the eldest son of Hugh Fortescue, 4th Earl Fortescue (1854–1932) by his wife Emily Ormsby-Gore, a daughter of William Ormsby-Gore, 2nd Baron Harlech.
He was educated at Eton College from 1901 to 1905, followed by the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
In 1907 Fortescue joined the Royal Scots Greys. During World War I (1914–18) he served in France as a regimental officer for the Scots Greys, followed by the Royal Corps of Signals. He was twice wounded in battle and received the Military Cross in 1917. Following the war he went to India where he served as an instructor at the Cavalry School at Sangor. He then served as aide-de-camp to Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson, Commander-in-Chief in India . He returned to England in 1922 and joined the Royal Devon Yeomanry. He was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel in Command in 1924 and Colonel in 1930 and in 1935 he became Colonel Commandant of the Honourable Artillery Company. At the outbreak of World War II in 1939, Fortescue joined the General Staff. He was appointed by the king Officer of the Order of the British Empire for war services in 1942 and Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1946 Birthday Honours.
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