985 Hugh Fortescue aka Viscount Ebrington

Constituency : Tiverton  1881-5, Tavistock 1885-92 ( from  1886  Liberal Unionist )

Hugh  took  over  at  Tiverton  after  the  death of  William  Massey.

Hugh  was  the  son  and  heir  of  Earl  Fortescue.  He  was  educated  at  Harrow  and  Cambridge.
He  was  a  captain  in  the  North  Devon  Yeoman  Hussar  Cavalry. He was  a  Freemason  and  Master  of  hounds

Hugh became  private secretary to  the  Lord  President  of  the  Council, Earl  Spencer.

Hugh   persuaded  his  colleague  Francis  Mildmay  to  abstain  on  the  Collings  amendment  to  bring  down  the  Salisbury  administration  in  1886. He  joined  the  Liberal  Unionists  in  1886  holding  his  seat  until 1992.

In  1905  Hugh   succeeded  his  father  as  Earl . He  was  aide-de-camp  to  both  Edward VII  and  George V.

He  died  in  1935  aged  78.