Family and Education
bap. 26 June 1687, o.s. of Henry Fortescue of Buckland Filleigh by Agnes, da. of Edward Dennis of Barnstaple. educ. Barnstaple g.s.; Trinity, Oxf. 1705; M. Temple 1710; I. Temple 1714, called 1715. m. 7 July 1709, Mary, da. and coh. of Edmund Fortescue of Fallapit, Devon, 1da. suc. fa. 1691.
Offices Held
Private sec. to Sir Robert Walpole as chancellor of the Exchequer c. 1727 – 36; K.C. 1730; attorney-gen. to Prince of Wales 1730 – 36; baron of the Exchequer 1736 – 38; justice of the common pleas 1738 – 41; master of the rolls 1741 – d. P.C. 19 Nov. 1741.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Buckland Filleigh, Devon.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Web Title
FORTESCUE, William (1687-1749)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Religion
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