Hugh Fortescue, 5th Earl Fortescue

The Earl Fortescue
Viscount Ebrington in 1919, an officer in the Royal Scots Greys
Chief Whip of the House of Lords
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms
In office
5 November 1951 – 27 June 1957
Prime MinisterWinston Churchill
Anthony Eden
Harold Macmillan
Preceded byThe Lord Shepherd
Succeeded byThe Earl St Aldwyn
In office
22 March 1945 – 4 August 1945
Prime MinisterWinston Churchill
Preceded byThe Lord Snell
Succeeded byThe Lord Ammon
Lord-in-waiting
Government Whip
In office
26 August 1937 – 22 March 1945
Prime MinisterNeville Chamberlain
Winston Churchill
Preceded byThe Earl Erne
Succeeded byThe Marquess of Normanby
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
29 October 1932 – 14 June 1958
Hereditary Peerage
Preceded byThe 4th Earl Fortescue
Succeeded byThe 6th Earl Fortescue
Personal details
Born
Hugh William Fortescue

(1888-06-14)14 June 1888
St George Hanover Square, London, England
Died14 June 1958(1958-06-14) (aged 70)
Castle Hill, North Devon
Political partyConservative
SpouseMargaret Beaumont
Children4, including Margaret
Parent(s)Hugh Fortescue, 4th Earl Fortescue
Emily Ormsby-Gore
Civilian awardsKnight Companion of the Order of the Garter
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Military service
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Branch/serviceBritish Army
Years of service1907–1918
1939–1944
RankColonel
UnitRoyal Scots Greys, Royal Corps of Signals
CommandsRoyal Devon Yeomanry
Battles/warsFirst World War
Second World War
Military awardsOfficer of the Order of the British Empire
Military Cross
Arms of Fortescue: Azure, a bend engrailed argent plain cotised or. Canting motto: Forte Scutum Salus Ducum ("A Strong Shield is the Salvation of Leaders")[1]

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.

  1. ^ Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.461