Francis Fortescue Urquhart [SEP] date of death
Francis Fortescue Urquhart
Francis Fortescue Urquhart (1868–1934) was an English academic, the first Roman Catholic to act as a tutorial fellow in the University of Oxford since the 16th century.
Life.
He was born near Geneva in Switzerland, the son of David Urquhart and Harriet Angelina Fortescue. His father died in 1877, and his uncle Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford played an important role in bringing him up; his middle name Fortescue was added in recognition. He was educated at Beaumont College, Old
his classics degree as his mother's finances failed.
In 1854 Urquhart married Harriet Angelina Fortescue, an Anglo-Irish aristocrat, and the couple had three sons (one of whom, William, died aged only thirteen months; Francis Fortescue Urquhart was another), and two daughters. She wrote numerous articles in the "Diplomatic Review" under the signature of "Caritas," and died in 1889.
Career.
Career Role in Greece and Turkey.
In 1827, Urquhart joined the nationalist cause in the Greek