Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford

Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford
The Right Honourable
The Lord Carlingford
KP, PC
President of the Board of Trade
In office
14 January 1871 – 17 February 1874
Monarch Victoria
Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone
Preceded by John Bright
Succeeded by Sir Charles Adderley
Personal details
Born 18 January 1823 (1823-01-18)
Glyde, County Louth
Died 30 January 1898 (1898-01-31)
Marseille, France
Nationality British
Political party Liberal
Spouse(s) Frances Braham
(1821-1829)
Alma mater Christ Church, Oxford

Chichester Samuel Parkinson-Fortescue, 2nd Baron Clermont and 1st Baron Carlingford KP, PC (18 January 1823 – 30 January 1898), known as Chichester Fortescue until 1863 and as Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue between 1863 and 1874, Lord Carlingford from 1874 to 1887 and Lord Clermont after 1887, was a British statesman and Liberal politician of the 19th century.

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Background and education

Born Chichester Fortescue, Carlingford was the son of Chichester Fortescue (d. 1826), Member of Parliament for Hillsborough in the Irish parliament. He came of an old family settled in Ireland since the days of Sir Faithful Fortescue (1581–1666), whose uncle, Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Chichester, was Lord Deputy. The history of the family was written by his elder brother, Thomas Fortescue, who in 1852 was created Baron Clermont. His mother was Martha Angel, daughter of Samuel Meade Hobson. Carlingford was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, where he took a first in Classics (1844) and won the chancellor's English essay (1846). In 1863 he assumed by Royal license the additional surname of Parkinson as heir to his aunt's husband William Parkinson Ruxton.

Political career

In 1847 Carlingford was elected to parliament for Louth as a Liberal. He became a junior Lord of the Treasury in 1854 under Lord Palmerston, a post he held until 1855, and was later Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies under Palmerston between 1857 and 1858 and 1859 and 1865. He was admitted to the Privy Council in 1864 and the following year he was made Chief Secretary for Ireland under Lord Russell, a post which he again occupied under William Ewart Gladstone from 1868 to 1871 (this time with a seat in the cabinet). In 1866 he was also admitted to the Irish Privy Council. He was then President of the Board of Trade between 1871 and 1874. The latter year he was elevated to the peerage as Baron Carlingford, of Carlingford in the County of Louth.

Carlingford later served under Gladstone as Lord Privy Seal between 1881 and 1885 and as Lord President of the Council between 1883 and 1885. In 1882 he was appointed a Knight of the Order of St Patrick. He parted from Gladstone on the question of Irish Home Rule, but in earlier years he was his active supporter on Irish questions.

Personal life

Lord Carlingford married Frances Elizabeth Anne Braham, daughter of John Braham, in 1863. She had been married three times before, the second time to George Waldegrave, 7th Earl Waldegrave. There were no children from the marriage. Carlingford's influence in society was due largely to her. She died in July 1879, aged 58. In 1887 Carlingford's brother, Lord Clermont, died, and Carlingford inherited his peerage according to a special remainder. He died childless at Marseille, France, in January 1898, aged 75. Both his titles became extinct on his death.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Thomas Vesey Dawson and
Richard Bellew
Member of Parliament for County Louth
18471874
With: Richard Bellew to 1852
Tristram Kennedy 1852–1857
John McClintock 1857–1859
Richard Montesquieu Bellew 1859–1865
Tristram Kennedy 1865–1868
Matthew O'Reilly Dease 1868–1874
Succeeded by
Alexander Martin Sullivan and
Philip Callan
Political offices
Preceded by
John Ball
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies
1857 – 1858
Succeeded by
The Earl of Carnarvon
Preceded by
The Earl of Carnarvon
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies
1859 – 1865
Succeeded by
William Edward Forster
Preceded by
Sir Robert Peel, Bt
Chief Secretary for Ireland
1865 – 1866
Succeeded by
Lord Naas
Preceded by
John Wilson-Patten
Chief Secretary for Ireland
1868 – 1871
Succeeded by
The Marquess of Hartington
Preceded by
John Bright
President of the Board of Trade
1871 – 1874
Succeeded by
Sir Charles Adderley
Preceded by
The Duke of Argyll
Lord Privy Seal
1881 – 1885
Succeeded by
The Earl of Rosebery
Preceded by
The Earl Spencer
Lord President of the Council
1883 – 1885
Succeeded by
The Viscount Cranbrook
Honorary titles
Preceded by
Sir Thomas Western, Bt
Lord Lieutenant of Essex
1873 – 1892
Succeeded by
The Lord Rayleigh
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New title Baron Carlingford
1874–1898
Extinct
Preceded by
Thomas Fortescue
Baron Clermont
1887–1898

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