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John Fortescue (Devon lawyer) John Fortescue (died before 1436) was an English lawyer and administrator from a minor landowning family in Devon. As his descendants rose in the world, they felt the need for a more illustrious ancestor and created a suitable hero: a knight wh ...

(died before 1436), English landowner and administrator *

John Fortescue (judge) Sir John Fortescue ( 1394 – December 1479), of Ebrington Manor, Ebrington in Gloucestershire, was Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, Chief Justice of the King's Bench and the author of ''De Laudibus Legum Angliae'' (''Commendation ...

(c. 1394–1479), English lawyer, judge and Member of Parliament *

John Fortescue of Salden Sir John Fortescue (ca. 1531 or 153323 December 1607) of Salden Manor, near Mursley, Buckinghamshire, was the seventh Chancellor of the Exchequer of England, serving from 1589 until 1603. Origins Fortescue was the son of Adrian Fortescue, wh ...

(1531/1533–1607), third Chancellor of the Exchequer of England *

John Fortescue Aland, 1st Baron Fortescue of Credan John Fortescue Aland, 1st Baron Fortescue of Credan (7 March 1670 – 19 December 1746) was an English lawyer, judge, politician and peer who sat in the British House of Commons from 1715 to 1717. Aland wrote on English legal and constitutional ...

(1670–1746), English jurist *

John Fortescue (MP for Barnstaple) The Honourable John William Fortescue (14 July 1819 – 25 September 1859) was a British Whig politician. Background Fortescue was the second son of Hugh Fortescue, 2nd Earl Fortescue, and Lady Susan, daughter of Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harro ...

(1819–1859), British MP * Sir

John Fortescue (historian) Sir John William Fortescue (28 December 1859 – 22 October 1933) was a British military historian. He was a historian of the British Army and served as Royal Librarian and Archivist at Windsor Castle from 1905 until 1926. Early life Forte ...

(1859–1933), British statesman and military historian

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