Fortescue

Fortescue

Fortescue is a surname, and may refer to:

People

* Adrian Fortescue, 16th century English nobleman beatified by Roman Catholic Church
* Adrian Fortescue, 19th-20th century Roman Catholic liturgist and Byzantine scholar
* Charles Legeyt Fortescue, Canadian-born electrical engineer
* Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford
* Denzil Fortescue, 6th Earl Fortescue
* Grace Fortescue
* Harriet Angelina Fortescue
* Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Fortescue
* Hugh Fortescue, 2nd Earl Fortescue
* Hugh Fortescue, 3rd Earl Fortescue
* Hugh Fortescue, 4th Earl Fortescue
* Hugh Fortescue, 5th Earl Fortescue
* John Fortescue (disambiguation)
**John Fortescue
**John Fortescue of Salden
**John William Fortescue
* J. Fortescue, fictional character, a nonexistent doctor, supposedly founder of the International Board of Hygiene
* Michael Fortescue
* Richard Fortescue, 7th Earl Fortescue
* Tim Fortescue

Places

* Fortescue, Missouri
* Fortescue, New Jersey

Other uses

* Earl Fortescue, a title in the Peerage of Great Britain
* Fortescue Metals Group, an Australian iron ore company


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  • Fortescue — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Charles Legeyt Fortescue (1876–1936), kanadischer Ingenieur Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale (1872−1945), englische Künstlerin John Fortescue (1394–1476), englischer politischer Schriftsteller in der… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Fortescue — Fortescue, MO U.S. town in Missouri Population (2000): 51 Housing Units (2000): 23 Land area (2000): 0.075653 sq. miles (0.195941 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.075653 sq. miles (0.195941 sq.… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Fortescue, MO — U.S. town in Missouri Population (2000): 51 Housing Units (2000): 23 Land area (2000): 0.075653 sq. miles (0.195941 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.075653 sq. miles (0.195941 sq. km) FIPS code …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Fortescue —   [ fɔːtɪskjuː], alte englische Familie, die 1789 den Titel eines Earl of Fortescue erhielt. Bekannt v. a.:   Sir John, Jurist, * Norris (Somerset) um 1394, ✝ Ebrington (bei Stratford upon Avon) um 1476/79; hoher Richter, stand in den… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Fortescue — (spr. Forteskju), John, aus alter Adelsfamilie stammend, geb. gegen das Ende des 14. Jahrh. zu Norreis in Devonshire, besuchte die Universität Oxford u. widmete sich in Lincolns Inn dem Rechtsstudium. Seit 1429 Serjeant at law prakticirte er als… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Fortescue [1] — Fortescue (spr. fórtiskju), 280 km langer, 1861 von Gregory erforschter Fluß an der Nordwestküste des britisch austral. Staates Westaustralien, entspringt nördlich vom Mount Bruce, fließt, jedoch nur periodisch, nordwestlich und mündet unter 21°… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Fortescue [2] — Fortescue (spr. fórtiskju), Name einer alten engl. Familie, deren Ahnherr Wilhelm dem Eroberer in der Schlacht von Hastings 1066 das Leben gerettet haben soll. Einer seiner Nachkommen, Sir John F., Oberrichter König Heinrichs VI., gest. nach 1476 …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Fortescue — Transformation de Fortescue Tout système de grandeurs triphasées déséquilibré peut se mettre sous la forme de la somme de trois systèmes équilibrés (ou symétriques) : Un système équilibré direct noté Gd. Un système équilibré inverse noté Gi …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Fortescue — This interesting name is of Old French origin, introduced into England at the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066 by followers of William 1. The surname derives from a martial nickname for a doughty, valiant warrior, derived from the Old French… …   Surnames reference

  • fortescue — /ˈfɔtəskju/ (say fawtuhskyooh) noun (plural fortescue or fortescues) a small brown banded fish of the Scorpion family, Centropogon australis, having spiny fins and spines on the sides of the head capable of inflicting a painful wound. {alteration …  

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