Fortescue may refer to:

People

Fortescue (surname) 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. 147 ...

, a list of people with the name *

Fortescue Ash Fortescue Leo Ash (1882–1956) was the fourth Anglican Bishop of Rockhampton in Australia from 1928 until 1946. Ash was born in Singleton, New South Wales on 26 August 1882 educated at St. Paul's College, Sydney. He trained for ordination a ...

(1882–1956), Anglican bishop in Australia * Fortescue Graham (1794–1880), British Royal Marines general

Places

* Fortescue, Missouri, United States, a village *

Fortescue, New Jersey Fortescue is a community and census-designated place (CDP) in Downe Township, Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The community is located on the state's southern coast, on the Delaware Bay, surrounded on three sides by marshlan ...

, United States *

County of Fortescue The County of Fortescue is a county (a cadastral division) in Central Queensland, Queensland, Australia. Much of its area is within the Barakula State Forest. It was named and bounded by the Governor in Council on 7 March 1901 under the ''Lan ...

, Queensland, Australia *

Fortescue Bay Fortescue Bay or Baje Dolomien is a bay in southeast Tasmania, Australia. It is located east of Port Arthur, Tasmania, and makes up part of Tasman National Park. Within the bay are two smaller nested bays, Canoe Bay and Bivouac Bay. History Ti ...

, Tasmania, Australia *

Fortescue River The Fortescue River is an ephemeral river in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. It is the third longest river in the state. Course The river rises near Deadman Hill in the Ophthalmia Range about 30 km south of Newman, Western Austr ...

, Western Australia

Titles

Earl Fortescue Earl Fortescue is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain that was created in 1789 for Hugh Fortescue, 3rd Baron Fortescue (1753–1841), a member of parliament for Beaumaris and Lord-Lieutenant of Devon. History The Earls Fortescue descen ...

, a title in the Peerage of Great Britain *

Fortescue baronets There have been three baronetcies created for persons with the surname Fortescue, one in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and two in the Baronetage of England. Two of the creations are extinct while the other is dormant. The Fortescue Baronetcy, of ...

Baron Fortescue of Credan Baron Fortescue of Credan, in the County of Waterford, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland The peerage of Ireland consists of those Peerage, titles of nobility created by the English monarchs in their capacity as Lordship of Ireland, Lord ...

, an extinct title in the Peerage of Ireland

Other uses

Fortescue (company) Fortescue is a global metal mining company headquartered in Australia. Fortescue focused on iron ore mining under the name of Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) until July 2023. As of 2017, Fortescue is the fourth-largest iron ore producer in the ...

, an Australian mining and energy company, previously known as Fortescue Metals Group **

Fortescue railway line The Fortescue railway, owned and operated by Fortescue Metals Group (FMG), is a private rail network in the Pilbara region of Western Australia built to carry iron ore. It opened in 2008.Fortescue National Football League The Fortescue National Football League, named after the Fortescue River, is an Australian rules football competition based in the Pilbara region of Western Australia Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by ...

, an Australian rules football league * ''Fortescue'' (novel), an 1846 novel by Irish writer James Sheridan Knowles * Fortescue, protagonist of ''

The House of Fortescue ''The House of Fortescue'' is a 1916 British silent drama film directed by Frank Wilson and starring Stewart Rome, Violet Hopson and Lionelle Howard.Palmer p.884 An Australian millionaire marries a woman to help save her father's business fro ...

'', a 1916 silent film *

Fortescue grunter The Fortescue grunter (''Leiopotherapon aheneus'') is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a grunter from the family Terapontidae. It is endemic to rivers in Western Australia. Description The Fortescue grunter has a moderately deep, slight ...

''(Leiopotherapon aheneus)'', a freshwater fish *''

Centropogon australis The Eastern fortescue (''Centropogon australis''), also known as the fortesque, Southern fortescue, fortie or Southern bullrout, is a species of ray-finned fish, a waspfish belonging to the subfamily Tetraroginae of the family Scorpaenidae, the sc ...

'' or Fortescue, a venomous fish common to Eastern Australia {{disambiguation, geo