Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Chichester Samuel Parkinson-Fortescue, Baron Carlingford and 2nd Baron Clermont ('Statesmen, No. 28.') NPG D43392

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Carlo Pellegrini

Fortescue became MP for the Irish seat of County Louth in 1847; he retained the seat until defeated in 1874. He became Lord of the Treasury in 1854, and subsequently held minor offices until 1865 when he was made chief secretary for Ireland. He later served as President of the Board of Trade and Lord Privy Seal. He was raised to the peerage in 1874 as Baron Carlingford. In 1847 he met Frances, Countess Waldegrave, who was then married. His ensuing love affair with... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.