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William Fortescue, 1st Earl of Clermont

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on 29 September 1806, without male progeny, and was buried at Little Cressingham Church in Norfolk, in which parish was situated Clermont Lodge (now Clermont Hall), his shooting lodge. As he died without male progeny his earldom of Clermont and 1770 barony of Clermont became extinct, whilst his
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Near this place lyeth the body of William Henry Fortescue Viscount Clermont, and Earl of Clermont in Ireland, who departed this life on the 29th day of September, 1806, in the 85th year of his age. This monument is erected in obedience to his will by his executor William Charles Fortescue, now
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before opting to sit for Monaghan Borough, for which he had also been elected. He was appointed
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in 1774, after the death of its builder, Lady Isabella Finch (1700–1771), the 7th daughter of
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A mural monument survives in St Andrew's Church, Little Cressingham, inscribed as follows:
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William Fortescue, 1st Earl of Clermont (1722–1806), mezzotint engraving of portrait by
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Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Monaghan constituencies
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Mural monument to Lord Clermont in St Andrew's Church, Little Cressingham, Norfolk
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Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Louth constituencies
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for life in 1775, standing down just before his death in 1806. He was created
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He married Frances Cairnes Murray, a daughter and co-heiress of Colonel
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viscountcy and 1776 barony of Clermont were inherited by his nephew
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Viscount Clermont, who was in Ireland at the time of his decease
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of Lord Clermont. In the 1960s it became the first home of the
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William Fortescue, 1st Earl of Clermont, 1802 caricature.
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History of the Family of Fortescue in all its Branches
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History of the Family of Fortescue in all its Branches
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44 Berkeley Square's theatrical stairs by William Kent
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were all crimson. He was known in racing circles as
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Thomas Hudson



Little Cressingham
KP
Thomas Fortescue
Member of Parliament
Dundalk
James Fortescue
High Sheriff of Louth
County Louth
Irish House of Commons
Monaghan
Member of Parliament
Dundalk
Governor
Custos Rotulorum of County Monaghan
Earl of Clermont
Order of St Patrick
francophile
horseracing
racing silks
Derby
Aimwell
townhouse
Berkeley Square
Mayfair
George Finch-Hatton

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