De la Cour is a French-language surname, meaning "of the court". The alternative forms Delacour and Delacourt were used by a
Huguenot
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refugee who settled in
Portarlington, County Laois
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, as well as his descendants who later moved to
County Cork
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and then to England.
De la Cour
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Didier de La Cour The Congregation of St. Vanne or Congregation of St. Vanne and St. Hydulphe ( French: ''Congrégation de Saint-Vanne et Saint-Hydulphe'' was a Benedictine reform movement centered in the Duchy of Lorraine. It was formally established in 1604 on the ...
(1550–1623), French Benedictine monk
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Claude-Michel Bégon de la Cour
Claude-Michel Bégon de la Cour (March 15, 1683 – April 30, 1748) was an officer in the colonial regular troops and a governor of Trois-Rivières.
Claude-Michel was the brother of Michel Bégon de la Picardière and they came to Canada together ...
(1683–1748), French colonial military officer
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Charles-Joseph Mathon de la Cour
Charles-Joseph Mathon de la Cour (6 October 1738, Lyon – 15 November 1793, Lyon) was a French art critic, mathematician, financier, and essayist.
Life
He was the son of the mathematician Jacques Mathon de la Cour (1712–1777).
He wrote ...
(1738–1793), French art critic
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Ethel De la Cour
Ethel De la Cour OBE (6 December 1869 – 25 April 1957) was a British college head and soroptimist. She was a co-founder of Queen Margaret University.
Life
Cour was born in Edinburgh in 1869. Her parents were Alice-Maria and Lauritz Ulrich De la ...
William Delacour
William Delacour (also known as William Delacourt or William De la Cour) (1700–1767) was a French painter. He was active from 1741 until 1767. His work is held in the collection of the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum.
Biography
William ...
(1700–1767), French painter
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Alfred Delacour
Alfred Delacour or Alfred-Charlemagne Delacour, real name Pierre-Alfred Lartigue, (3 September 1817 – 31 March 1883 ) was a 19th-century French playwright and librettist.
Biography
In addition to his occupation as a physician, which he prac ...
(1817–1883), French playwright and librettist
* Reginald B. DeLacour (1886–1948), American general
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Jean Théodore Delacour
Jean Théodore Delacour (26 September 1890 – 5 November 1985) was a French ornithologist and aviculturist. He later became American. He was renowned for not only discovering but also rearing some of the rarest birds in the world. He establishe ...
Perrine Delacour
Perrine Delacour (born 5 April 1994) is a French professional golfer playing on the LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour.
Amateur career
After winning the 2011 French International Ladies Amateur Championship at 17 years of age, Delacour was a mem ...
(born 1994), French golfer
; Fictional characters
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Fleur Delacour
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, from the ''Harry Potter'' series
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Gabrielle Delacour
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, younger sister of Fleur Delacour
De la Court and Delacourt
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Pieter de la Court
Pieter de la Court (1618 – May 28, 1685) was a Dutch economist and businessman, he is the progenitor of the De la Court family. He thought about the economic importance of free competition and was an advocate of the republican form of gov ...
(1618–1685), Dutch economist
* Petronella de la Court (1624–1707), Dutch art collector
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Charles Delacourt-Smith, Baron Delacourt-Smith
Charles George Percy Delacourt-Smith, Baron Delacourt-Smith (25 April 1917 – 2 August 1972), was a British trade unionist and Labour Party politician.
Background and education
Born in Windsor and named after his father, he was the only son ...
(1917–1972), British trade unionist and Labour Party politician
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Grégoire Delacourt
Grégoire Delacourt (born 26 July 1960 in Valenciennes) is a French advertiser and writer.
Biography
In his youth, Delacourt was an intern at the Jesuit College "La Providence" in Amiens (the same college that current French president Emmanuel ...
(born 1960), French advertiser and writer
* Marianne Delacourt, pen name of
Marianne de Pierres
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(born 1961), Australian science fiction writer
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Susan Delacourt
Susan Delacourt is a Canadian political journalist.
She spent her childhood and adolescence in Milton, Ontario. She first developed her skills as a journalist while at the University of Western Ontario, where she was an editor of the UWO Gaze ...
(), Canadian political journalist
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Benjamin Delacourt
Benjamin Delacourt (born 10 September 1985) is a French footballer who plays for R.W.D. Molenbeek.
Career
Ahead of the 2019/20 season, Delacourt joined R.W.D. Molenbeek.Rainn Delacourt, from the 2022 film
Jurassic World Dominion
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See also
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La Cour La Cour is a French-language surname meaning "the court". People with this surname include:
*Ask la Cour, Danish ballet dancer
* Emil La Cour (born 1991), Danish footballer
* Janus la Cour (1837–1909), Danish painter
* Leonard La Cour (1907–1984 ...