Edmund Fortescue (died 1624)
Edmund Fortescue of Fallapit in the parish of East Allington, Devon, was an English Member of Parliament.Origins
He was the eldest son and heir of John Fortescue of Fallapit by his wife Honora Speccot, a daughter of Edmund Speccot of Speccot, in the parish of Merton, Devon, and succeeded his father in 1595.Career
He was elected a Member of Parliament for Old Sarum in 1593 and served as Sheriff of Devon for 1622–3.He married Mary Champernown, a daughter of Henry Champernown of Modbury in Devon, by whom he had at least one son.He died in 1624 and was buried at East Allington, Devon.
