John Fortescue

John Fortescue may refer to:

  • John Fortescue (judge) (c. 1394–1476), English lawyer and judge
  • John Fortescue (died 1479), MP for Tavistock (UK Parliament constituency), Totnes, Plympton Erle and Wiltshire
  • John Fortescue of Salden (1531/1533–1607), third Chancellor of the Exchequer of England
  • John Fortescue Aland, 1st Baron Fortescue of Credan (1670–1746), English jurist
  • John Fortescue (MP) (1819-1859), British MP
  • John Fortescue (military historian) (1859–1938), British statesman and military historian

Famous quotes containing the word john:

    “To John I owed great obligation;
    But John, unhappily, thought fit
    To publish it to all the nation:
    Sure John and I are more than quit.”
    —Matthew Prior (1664–1721)