Hugh Fortescue, 5th Earl Fortescue

Colonel The Right Honourable The Earl Fortescue KG CB OBE MC PC
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 Minister	Winston Churchill Anthony Eden Harold Macmillan
Preceded by	The Lord Shepherd
Succeeded by	The Earl St Aldwyn
In office 22 March 1945 – 4 August 1945
Prime Minister	Winston Churchill
Preceded by	The Lord Snell
Succeeded by	The Lord Ammon
Lord-in-waiting Government Whip
In office 26 August 1937 – 22 March 1945
Prime Minister	Neville Chamberlain Winston Churchill
Preceded by	The Earl Erne
Succeeded by	The Marquess of Normanby
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 29 October 1932 – 14 June 1958 Hereditary Peerage
Preceded by	The 4th Earl Fortescue
Succeeded by	The 6th Earl Fortescue
Personal details
Born	Hugh William Fortescue (1888-06-14)14 June 1888 St George Hanover Square, London, England
Died	14 June 1958(1958-06-14) (aged 70) Castle Hill, North Devon
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Margaret Beaumont
Children	4, including Margaret
Parent(s)	Hugh Fortescue, 4th Earl Fortescue Emily Ormsby-Gore
Civilian awards	Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter Companion of the Order of the Bath
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch/service	British Army
Years of service	1907–1918 1939–1944
Rank	Colonel
Unit	Royal Scots Greys, Royal Corps of Signals
Commands	Royal Devon Yeomanry
Battles/wars	First World War Second World War
Military awards	Officer of the Order of the British Empire Military Cross

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.