Fortescue (surname)
Fortescue is a British surname that originated from the Old Norman epithet Fort-Escu. People with the name include:
- Adrian Fortescue, 16th-century English nobleman beatified by Roman Catholic Church
- Adrian Fortescue, 19th-20th century Roman Catholic liturgist and Byzantine scholar
- Anthony Fortescue, English conspirator
- Charles Granville Fortescue, British Army officer
- Charles Legeyt Fortescue, a Canadian-born electrical engineer
- Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford
- Chichester Fortescue
- * Chichester Fortescue, MP for Trim
- * Chichester Fortescue, Admiral and MP for Trim, son of the above
- * Chichester Fortescue, MP for Hillsborough, nephew of the above
- * Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford, Liberal politician, son of the above
- Denzil Fortescue, 6th Earl Fortescue
- Edmund Fortescue
- * Edmund Fortescue , English MP
- * Edmund Fortescue , English royalist commander
- * Sir Edmund Fortescue, 1st Baronet
- Francis Fortescue, English politician
- Francis Fortescue Urquhart, an English academic
- Grace Fortescue, a New York socialite who killed a defendant charged with the rape of her daughter
- George Fortescue, English essayist and poet
- Harriet Angelina Fortescue, a British writer on international affairs
- Henry Fortescue of Ireland
- Hugh Fortescue
- * Hugh Fortescue, British politician
- * Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Fortescue, British peer
- * Hugh Fortescue, 2nd Earl Fortescue, British Whig politician
- * Hugh Fortescue, 3rd Earl Fortescue, British peer and politician
- * Hugh Fortescue, 4th Earl Fortescue, English Liberal politician
- * Hugh Fortescue, 5th Earl Fortescue, British peer and Conservative politician
- John Fortescue
- * John Fortescue of Salden, the seventh Chancellor of the Exchequer of England, serving from 1589 until 1603
- * John Fortescue,, historian of the British army
- John Fortescue Aland, 1st Baron Fortescue of Credan
- Lady Margaret Fortescue, one of the UK's largest private landowners
- Michael Fortescue, a linguist specializing in Arctic and native North American languages
- Nicholas Fortescue the Elder, chamberlain of the exchequer
- Nicholas Fortescue the Younger, knight of St John
- * Richard Fortescue
- * Richard Fortescue, 7th Earl Fortescue
- Rosie Fortescue in Made in Chelsea
- Tim Fortescue, a British politician
- Thomas Fortescue
- *Thomas Fortescue, Irish politician, MP for Dundalk 1727–60
- *Thomas Fortescue, 1st Baron Clermont, Irish Whig politician
- *Thomas Fortescue, MP for Trim in the Irish House of Commons 1768–99
- *Thomas Fortescue , Anglo-Indian civilian and secretary
- William Fortescue
- *William Fortescue , British judge, Master of the Rolls 1741-1749
- *William Fortescue , MP for Sudbury, Chipping Wycombe and Stockbridge
- *William Fortescue, 1st Earl of Clermont, Irish politician
- *William Fortescue, 2nd Viscount Clermont, Irish politician, nephew of the above
- Winifred Fortescue, actress and writer
Characters
- J. Fortescue, a nonexistent doctor created as a hoax, supposedly a founder of the International Board of Hygiene
- Camilla Fortescue-Cholmondeley-Browne, a character on the BBC series Call the Midwife
- Florean Fortescue, character in Harry Potter
