Fortescue
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- Adrian FortescueAdrian Fortescue (martyr)Sir Adrian Fortescue was a courtier at the court of King Henry VIII of England who was executed in 1539 and later beatified as a Roman Catholic martyr.-Life:...
, 16th century English nobleman beatified by Roman Catholic Church - Adrian FortescueAdrian Fortescue (priest)Adrian Fortescue was a Roman Catholic priest and Englishman who was an influential liturgist, artist, calligrapher, composer, polyglot, amateur photographer, Byzantine scholar, and adventurer.-Early life and education:...
, 19th-20th century Roman Catholic liturgist and Byzantine scholar - Charles Legeyt FortescueCharles Legeyt FortescueCharles LeGeyt Fortescue was an electrical engineer. He was born in York Factory, in what is now Manitoba where the Hayes River enters Hudson Bay...
, Canadian-born electrical engineer - Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue, 1st Baron CarlingfordChichester Parkinson-Fortescue, 1st Baron CarlingfordChichester Samuel Parkinson-Fortescue, 2nd Baron Clermont and 1st Baron Carlingford KP, PC , known as Chichester Fortescue until 1863 and as Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue between 1863 and 1874, Lord Carlingford from 1874 to 1887 and Lord Clermont after 1887, was a British statesman and Liberal...
- Denzil Fortescue, 6th Earl FortescueDenzil Fortescue, 6th Earl FortescueDenzil George Fortescue, 6th Earl Fortescue was a British peer, the son of Hugh Fortescue, 4th Earl Fortescue.He married, firstly, Marjorie Ellinor Trotter, the granddaughter of John Hamilton, 1st Baron Hamilton of Dalzell, on 10 June 1920 and they were divorced in 1941...
- Grace Fortescue
- Harriet Angelina FortescueHarriet Angelina FortescueHarriet Angelina Fortescue was a British writer on international affairs.She was the wife of diplomat David Urquhart and wrote numerous articles in his publication, the Diplomatic Review, under the signature of Caritas. A Memoir of Mrs. Urquhart was written by Maria Catherine Bishop.-External...
- Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl FortescueHugh Fortescue, 1st Earl FortescueHugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Fortescue was a British peer, the son of Matthew Fortescue, 2nd Baron Fortescue, younger half-brother of an earlier Hugh Fortescue , 1st Baron Fortescue, 14th Baron Clinton and 1st Earl Clinton.He married Hester Grenville , daughter of George Grenville, on 10 May 1782...
- Hugh Fortescue, 2nd Earl Fortescue
- Hugh Fortescue, 3rd Earl FortescueHugh Fortescue, 3rd Earl FortescueHugh Fortescue, 3rd Earl Fortescue , known as Viscount Ebrington from 1841 to 1861, was a British peer and occasional politician.He entered the House of Commons in 1841 as a member for Plymouth...
- Hugh Fortescue, 4th Earl FortescueHugh Fortescue, 4th Earl FortescueHugh Fortescue, 4th Earl Fortescue KCB was an English Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1881 until 1892 and later inherited the peerage....
- Hugh Fortescue, 5th Earl FortescueHugh Fortescue, 5th Earl FortescueHugh William Fortescue, 5th Earl Fortescue KG, PC was a British peer and Conservative politician.Fortescue was the eldest son of Hugh Fortescue, 4th Earl Fortescue, and his wife the Hon. Emily , and succeeded his father in the earldom in 1932...
- John Fortescue (disambiguation)John Fortescue (disambiguation)John Fortescue may refer to:* John Fortescue , English lawyer and judge* John Fortescue of Salden , third Chancellor of the Exchequer of England...
- John FortescueJohn Fortescuethumb|right|John FortescueSir John Fortescue was an English lawyer, and the author of the De laudibus legum Angliae, an influential treatise on English law.-Early life:...
- John Fortescue of SaldenJohn Fortescue of SaldenSir John Fortescue of Salden was the seventh Chancellor of the Exchequer of England, serving from 1589 until 1603....
- John William Fortescue, military historian
- John Fortescue
- J. FortescueJ. FortescueHonorable J. Fortescue was a nonexistent US surgeon and founder of the International Board of Hygiene that the League of Nations recognised in 1926....
, fictional character, a nonexistent doctor, supposedly founder of the International Board of Hygiene - Michael FortescueMichael FortescueMichael David Fortescue is a British-born linguist specializing in Arctic and native North American languages, including Kalaallisut, Inuktun, Chukchi and Nitinaht. He is professor of General Linguistics at the University of Copenhagen and chairman of the Linguistic Circle of Copenhagen...
- Richard Fortescue, 7th Earl FortescueRichard Fortescue, 7th Earl FortescueRichard Archibald Fortescue, 7th Earl Fortescue was a British peer, the son of Denzil Fortescue, 6th Earl Fortescue.He married firstly, Penelope Henderson on 24 October 1949. They had two children:...
- Tim FortescueTim FortescueTrevor Victor Norman Fortescue, CBE was a British politician, known as Tim Fortescue. He was the Conservative Member of Parliament for Liverpool Garston from 1966 to 1974....
Other uses
- Earl FortescueEarl FortescueEarl Fortescue is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain created in 1789. The Fortescue family descends from Sir Hugh Fortescue of Filleigh, Devon, who died in 1719. His first wife's first cousin had been 13th Baron Clinton and 5th Earl of Lincoln...
, a title in the Peerage of Great Britain - Fortescue Metals GroupFortescue Metals GroupFortescue Metals Group is an Australian iron ore mining company. The company has holdings of more than 87,000 km² in the Pilbara region of Western Australia making it the largest tenement holder in the state. It is listed as FMG on the Australian Securities Exchange .In 2008, the group loaded...
, an Australian iron ore company - Fortescue RiverFortescue RiverThe Fortescue River is an ephemeral river in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. It is the third longest river in the state.The river rises near Deadman Hill in the Ophthalmia Range about 30 km South of Newman. The river flows in a Northerly direction parallel with the Great Northern...
, A river in Western Australia - Fortescue, a venomous fish