Fortescue is an English surname that originated from the old Norman epithet Fort-Escu ("strong shield"). People with the surname include: Adrian Fortescue (martyr), 16th-century English nobleman beatified by Roman Catholic Church Adrian Fortescue (priest), 19th-20th century Roman Catholic liturgist and Byzantine scholar Anthony Fortescue (1535–1608), English conspirator Charles Granville Fortescue (1861–1951), British Army officer Charles Legeyt Fortescue (1876–1936), a Canadian-born electrical engineer Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford Chichester Fortescue (disambiguation) Chichester Fortescue (1718–1757), MP for Trim Chichester Fortescue (1750–1820), Admiral and MP for Trim, son of the above Chichester Fortescue (1777–1826), MP for Hillsborough, nephew of the above Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford (1823–1898), Liberal politician, son of the above Denzil Fortescue, 6th Earl Fortescue Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, (1872 – 1945), English artist Edmund Fortescue (disambiguation) Edmund Fortescue (died 1624) (1560–1624), English MP Edmund Fortescue (died 1647) (1610–1647), English royalist commander Sir Edmund Fortescue, 1st Baronet (1642–1666) Francis Fortescue (ca. 1563-1624), English politician Francis Fortescue Urquhart (1868–1934), an English academic Grace Fortescue (1883-1979), a 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), a British writer on international affairs Henry Fortescue (Lord Chief Justice) of Ireland Hugh Fortescue (disambiguation) Hugh Fortescue (1665–1719), British politician Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Fortescue (1753–1841), British peer Hugh Fortescue, 2nd Earl Fortescue (1783–1861), British Whig politician Hugh Fortescue, 3rd Earl Fortescue (1818–1905), British peer and politician Hugh Fortescue, 4th Earl Fortescue (1854–1932), English Liberal politician Hugh Fortescue, 5th Earl Fortescue (1888–1958), British peer and Conservative politician John Fortescue (disambiguation) John Fortescue (judge) (c. 1394–1479), English lawyer and judge, MP for Tavistock, Totnes, Plympton Erle and Wiltshire John Fortescue of Salden, the seventh Chancellor of the Exchequer of England, serving from 1589 until 1603 John Fortescue (military historian), (1859–1933), historian of the British army John Fortescue Aland, 1st Baron Fortescue of Credan Lady Margaret Fortescue (1923-2013), one of the UK's largest private landowners Michael Fortescue, a linguist specializing in Arctic and native North American languages Nicholas Fortescue the Elder (1575?-1633), chamberlain of the exchequer Nicholas Fortescue the Younger (1605?–1644), knight of St John Richard Fortescue (disambiguation) Rosie Fortescue in Made in Chelsea Tim Fortescue, a British politician Thomas Fortescue (disambiguation) Thomas Fortescue (1683–1769), Irish politician, MP for Dundalk 1727–60 Thomas Fortescue, 1st Baron Clermont (1815–1887), Irish Whig politician Thomas Fortescue (1744–1799), MP for Trim in the Irish House of Commons 1768–99