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Also Known As edit

 
An Equerry in Waiting — Seymour John Fortescue — by "Spy," Vanity Fair, 19 September 1895
  • Family name: Fortescue
  • Sometimes misspelled as Fortesque
  • Earl of Fortescue
    • Hugh Fortescue, 3rd Earl Fortescue (4 September 1861 – 10 October 1905)[1]
    • Hugh Fortescue, 4th Earl Fortescue (10 October 1905 – 29 October 1932)
  • Viscount Ebrington (a courtesy title held by the eldest son and heir apparent of the Earl of Fortescue)
    • Hugh Fortescue, Viscount Ebrington (4 September 1861 – 10 October 1905)[2]
    • Hugh William Fortescue, Viscount of Ebrington (10 October 1905 – 29 October 1932)
  • Viscountess Ebrington
    • Emily Ormsby-Gore Fortescue, Viscountess of Ebrington (15 July 1886 – 10 October 1905)

Acquaintances, Friends and Enemies edit

Seymour John Fortescue edit

  • Henry Keppel

Organizations edit

Seymour John Fortescue edit

Hugh Fortescue, 4th Earl Fortescue edit

  • Liberal Party[4]
  • Member of Parliament[4]
    • House of Commons (1841–1852, 1854– January 1859)
    • House of Lords (1861–1905)

Timeline edit

1847 March 1, Hugh Fortescue and Georgiana Dawson-Damer married.[5]

1886 July 15, Hugh Fortescue and Emily Ormsby-Gore, who were cousins, married.[6]

1897 July 2, Friday, M. Seymour Fortescue attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball at Devonshire House.

1905 October 10, Hugh Fortescue, 3rd Earl Fortescue, died, making Hugh Fortescue 4th Earl.

Costume at the Duchess of Devonshire's 2 July 1897 Fancy-dress Ball edit

 
Sir Seymour John Fortescue as a Venetian Lawyer, after the picture by Moroni in the National Gallery. ©National Portrait Gallery, London.
 
Portrait of a Man holding a Letter ('L'Avvocato'), by Moroni

Hon. Sir Seymour John Fortescue (at 296) attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball. He was dressed as an Avocato[7] or Avocata[8] in the Venetians procession. The Gentlewoman says Mr. Seymour Fortescue was dressed after a picture by Moroni.[9]:p. 34, Col. 1b

Sir Seymour Fortescue's wife Emily Ormsby-Gore Fortescue is not mentioned. Was she at the ball?

A portrait by an unknown photographer of "Sir Seymour John Fortescue as a Venetian Lawyer, after the picture by Moroni in the National Gallery" in costume is photogravure #185 in the album presented to the Duchess of Devonshire and now in the National Portrait Gallery.[10] The printing on the portrait says, "The Hon. Seymour Fortescue as a Venetian Lawyer, after the picture by Moroni in the National Gallery."[11] This is not a photograph of Seymour Fortescue in costume: it appears to be a drawing.

Giovanni Battista Moroni's c. 1570 Portrait of a Man Holding a Letter (L'Avvocato) was acquired by the National Gallery in 1865.[12]

Demographics edit

  • Nationality: English

Family edit

  • Hugh Fortescue, 3rd Earl Fortescue (4 April 1818 – 10 October 1905)[1]
  • Georgiana Augusta Charlotte Caroline Dawson-Damer[5]
  1. Lady Mary Eleanor Fortescue (1849 – 12 October 1938)
  2. Lady Lucy Catherine Fortescue (1851 – 19 March 1940)
  3. Lady Georgiana Seymour Fortescue (1852 – 24 December 1915)
  4. Hugh Fortescue, 4th Earl Fortescue (16 April 1854 – 29 October 1932)
  5. Hon. Sir Seymour John Fortescue (10 February 1856 – 20 March 1942)[13]
  6. Hon. Lionel Henry Dudley Fortescue (19 November 1857 – 11 June 1900)
  7. Hon. Arthur Grenville Fortescue (24 December 1858 – 3 October 1895)
  8. Hon. Sir John William Fortescue (28 December 1859 – 22 October 1933)
  9. Hon. Charles Granville Fortescue (30 October 1861 – 1 February 1951)
  10. Lady Frances Blanche Fortescue (1865 – 24 October 1950)


  • Hugh Fortescue, 4th Earl Fortescue (16 April 1854 – 29 October 1932)[14]
  • Emily Ormsby-Gore (c. 1860 – 12 July 1929)[6]
  1. Hugh William Fortescue, 5th Earl Fortescue (14 June 1888 – 14 June 1958)
  2. Geoffrey Faithful Fortescue (24 Jan. 1891 – 16 October 1900)
  3. Denzil George Fortescue, 6th Earl Fortescue (13 June 1893 – 1 June 1977)

Notes and Questions edit

  1. Sir Seymour Fortescue's wife Emily Ormsby-Gore Fortescue is not mentioned. Was she at the ball?

Footnotes edit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Hugh Fortescue, 3rd Earl Fortescue." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  2. ↑ "Hugh Fortescue, 4th Earl Fortescue". Wikipedia. 2021-02-21. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hugh_Fortescue,_4th_Earl_Fortescue&oldid=1008054592. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Seymour John Fortescue". Wikipedia. 2020-07-15. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Seymour_John_Fortescue&oldid=967857107. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Hugh Fortescue, 3rd Earl Fortescue". Wikipedia. 2021-02-02. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hugh_Fortescue,_3rd_Earl_Fortescue&oldid=1004503310. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Georgiana Augusta Charlotte Caroline Dawson-Damer." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Hon. Emily Ormsby-Gore." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  7. ↑ "Fancy Dress Ball at Devonshire House." Morning Post Saturday 3 July 1897: 7 [of 12], Col. 4a–8 Col. 2b. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18970703/054/0007.
  8. ↑ "Ball at Devonshire House." The Times Saturday 3 July 1897: 12, Cols. 1a–4c The Times Digital Archive. Web. 28 Nov. 2015.
  9. ↑ “The Duchess of Devonshire’s Ball.” The Gentlewoman 10 July 1897 Saturday: 32–42 [of 76], Cols. 1a–3c [of 3]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003340/18970710/155/0032.
  10. ↑ "Devonshire House Fancy Dress Ball (1897): photogravures by Walker & Boutall after various photographers." 1899. National Portrait Gallery https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait-list.php?set=515.
  11. ↑ "Hon. Seymour Fortescue as a Venetian Lawyer." Diamond Jubilee Fancy Dress Ball. National Portrait Gallery https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw158548/Sir-Seymour-John-Fortescue-as-a-Venetian-Lawyer-after-the-picture-by-Moroni-in-the-National-Gallery.
  12. ↑ "Description." Portrait of a Man holding a Letter ('L'Avvocato'). The National Gallery (accessed December 2021) https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/giovanni-battista-moroni-portrait-of-a-man-holding-a-letter-lavvocato.
  13. ↑ "Captain Hon. Sir Seymour John Fortescue." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  14. ↑ "Hugh Fortescue, 4th Earl Fortescue." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
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