Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Fortescue
Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Fortescue( 12 March 1753 – 16 June 1841) was a British peer, created Earl Fortescue in 1789.
He was the Member of Parliament( MP) for Beaumaris from 1784 to 1785.
Henry Brandeston
Henry Brandeston( or Henry of Braunstone) was a medieval Bishop of Salisbury.
Elizabeth Courtenay, Countess of Devon
Elizabeth Courtenay, Countess of Devon( 10 July 1801 – 27 January 1867), formerly Lady Elizabeth Fortescue, was the wife of William Courtenay, 11th Earl of Devon, and the mother of the 12th Earl.
Lady Elizabeth was the daughter of Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Fortescue, and his wife, the former Hester Grenville.
She had three brothers, including Hugh Fortescue, 2nd Earl Fortescue, and five sisters.
Lady Elizabeth married the future earl on 27 December 1830, when he was still an MP and the heir to the earldom.
Their children were:
In 1859, Courtenay's inherited his father's earldom and his wife became countess.
The earl made a number of improvements to the family home of Powderham Castle.
A large granite memorial cross to the countess's eldest son, William, is to be found in the churchyard of St Clement's Church, Powderham, and is inscribed on the west side of the base:" William Reginald Courtenay eldest son of Lord& Lady Courtenay, born Oct 28 1832 died Nov.r 21 1853.
In memory of their first born and much beloved child this cross is erected by his sorrowing parents".
On the east side is inscribed:" Sorrow not even as others which have no hope for if we believe that Jesus died and rose again even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
I Thess. IV 13.14".
On the south side is inscribed:" Elizabeth Countess of Devon Died Janr. 27th 1887".
Elizabeth's own tomb, with a full- length recumbent alabaster effigy by Edward Bowring Stephens, is situated inside St Clement's, against the east wall of the south transept.
The earl survived his wife by twenty years, but never remarried.
Hugh Fortescue, 4th Earl Fortescue
Hugh Fortescue, 4th Earl Fortescue( 16 April 1854 – 29 October 1932), styled Viscount Ebrington from 1861 to 1905, was an English Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1881 until 1892 and later in the House of Lords having inherited his father's peerages.
He was a famous sportsman in the hunting- field.
Hugh Fortescue, 5th Earl Fortescue
Hugh William Fortescue, 5th Earl Fortescue,( 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.
Hugh Fortescue, 3rd Earl Fortescue
Hugh Fortescue, 3rd Earl Fortescue DL( 4 April 1818 – 10 October 1905), known as Viscount Ebrington from 1841 to 1861, was a British peer and occasional Liberal Party politician.
Henry Hezekiah Cogswell
Henry Hezekiah Cogswell( April 12, 1776 – November 9, 1854) was a lawyer, political figure and philanthropist in Nova Scotia.
He represented the town of Halifax in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1818 to 1820.
He was president of the Royal Acadian School.
He was born in Cornwallis Township, the son of Mason Cogswell and Lydia Huntington, and was educated at King's College.
He studied law with Richard John Uniacke and was called to the bar in 1798, setting up practice in Halifax.
In 1805, Cogswell married Isabella Ellis.
He was named deputy provincial secretary in 1812 and, in 1818, Registrar of the Court of Chancery.
In 1816, he purchased The Carleton.
With Martin Gay Black and others, he helped establish the Halifax Banking Company in 1825, serving as first president for the bank.
In 1831, Cogswell was named to the province's Council.
He also served as commissioner of the vice admiralty court and president of the Halifax Board of Health.
Cogswell was president of the Albion Fire and Life Insurance Company and of the Annapolis Iron Mining Company.
An obvious target for political reformers, he lost most of his political appointments by 1841.
Cogswell helped support the Halifax Mechanics' Institute, was a generous supporter of King's College and contributed to Halifax charities.
In his later years, he lobbied for a railway link between Halifax and Quebec City.
He died at Halifax at the age of 78.
His daughter Isabella Binney Cogswell went on to become a prominent philanthropist and his son James Colquhoun Cogswell later served as president of the Halifax Banking Company.
His son William Cogswell became a highly respected author and minister in the Anglican Church.
Richard Fortescue, 7th Earl Fortescue
Richard Archibald Fortescue, 7th Earl Fortescue( 14 April 1922 – 7 March 1993) was a British peer, the son of Denzil Fortescue, 6th Earl Fortescue.
He married firstly, Penelope Henderson( d. 1959) on 24 October 1949.
They had two children:
He married secondly, Margaret Stratton, on 3 March 1961 and they were divorced in 1987.
They had two children:
Lord Fortescue married thirdly, Carolyn Hill in 1989.
Isabella Binney Cogswell
Isabella Cogswell (6 July 1819 – 6 December 1874) was born in Halifax, a daughter to Henry Hezekiah Cogswell and his wife.
Cogswell showed a business acumen that stood her in good stead in funding her philanthropic activities during her lifetime.
A shrewd businesswoman, her business dealings helped fund a variety of causes within her native Nova Scotia.
She is commemorated with a plaque in St. Paul's Church (Halifax).
Hugh Fortescue, 2nd Earl Fortescue
Hugh Fortescue, 2nd Earl Fortescue KG, PC( 13 February 1783 – 14 September 1861), styled Viscount Ebrington from 1789 to 1841, was a British Whig politician.
He served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1839 to 1841.

Question: Who lived longer, Hugh Fortescue, 5Th Earl Fortescue or Henry Hezekiah Cogswell?
Answer: Henry Hezekiah Cogswell