Fortescue is an English surname that originated from the old Norman epithet Fort-Escu ("strong shield"). People with the surname include:
Adrian Fortescue (1874–1923), English Catholic priest and polymath Adrian Fortescue (martyr) (c. 1476–1539), English nobleman and martyr beatified by the Catholic Church Anthony Fortescue (1535–1608), English conspirator Charles Granville Fortescue (1861–1951), British Army officer Charles LeGeyt Fortescue (1876–1936), Canadian electrical engineer Chichester Fortescue (disambiguation) Denzil Fortescue, 6th Earl Fortescue (1893–1977) Dudley Fortescue (1820–1909), British politician Dudley Fortescue (MP for Sudbury) (died 1604), English politician Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale (1872–1945), English artist Edmund Fortescue (disambiguation) Francis Fortescue (c. 1563–1624), English politician Grace Fortescue (1883–1979), New York socialite who killed a defendant charged with the rape of her daughter George Fortescue (c. 1578–1659), English essayist and poet Harriet Angelina Fortescue (1825–1889), British writer on international affairs Henry Fortescue (Lord Chief Justice) of Ireland Henry Fortescue (MP, died 1576) Hugh Fortescue (disambiguation) John Fortescue (disambiguation) Lady Margaret Fortescue (1923-2013), one of the UK's largest private landowners Michael Fortescue, linguist specializing in Arctic and native North American languages Nicholas Fortescue the Elder (1575?–1633), English Chamberlain of the Exchequer Nicholas Fortescue the Younger (1605?–1644), knight of St John Richard Fortescue (disambiguation) Rosie Fortescue, a participant in the first season of the British structured-reality television series Made in Chelsea Tim Fortescue (1916–2008), British politician Thomas Fortescue (disambiguation) William Fortescue (disambiguation) Winifred Fortescue (1888–1951), British actress and writer
Fictional characters Florean Fortescue, in Harry Potter J. Fortescue, a nonexistent doctor created as a hoax, supposedly a founder of the International Board of Hygiene
See also Camilla Fortescue-Cholmondeley-Browne, a character on the BBC series Call the Midwife Sir Daniel Fortesque, a character in MediEvil
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