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 (martyr), 16th-century English nobleman beatified by Roman Catholic Church * Adrian Fo ...

, a British surname ''Includes list of name-holders'' *

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 at ...

(1882–1956), Anglican bishop in Australia *

Fortescue Graham General Sir Fortescue Graham (1794 – 9 October 1880) was a senior Royal Marines officer, serving for 62 years and seeing active service in the Napoleonic, Peninsular, and War of 1812, and later in Spain, China, and the Baltic campaign 1854. ...

(1794–1880), British Royal Marines general

Places

Fortescue, Missouri Fortescue is a village in Holt County, Missouri, United States. The population was 21 at the 2020 census. History Fortescue was founded ''circa'' 1884. An early railroad promoter named Fortesque gave the community the maiden name of his mother. ...

, 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 T ...

, 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. The river fl ...

, 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 desce ...

, 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 titles of nobility created by the English monarchs in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland, or late ...

, an extinct title in the Peerage of Ireland

Other uses

Fortescue Metals Group Fortescue Metals Group Limited (often referred to as Fortescue Metals Group, FMG, or simply Fortescue) is an Australian iron ore company. As of 2017, Fortescue is the fourth-largest iron ore producer in the world. The company has holdings of ...

, an Australian iron ore company *

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. It features three clubs (Panthers, Tigers, Townsite Eagles) from the town of To ...

, an Australian rules football league *

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 * Fortescue transformation for

symmetrical components In electrical engineering, the method of symmetrical components simplifies analysis of unbalanced three-phase power systems under both normal and abnormal conditions. The basic idea is that an asymmetrical set of ''N'' phasors can be expressed as a ...

* Fortescue, protagonist of ''

The House of Fortescue ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...

'', a 1916 silent film *''

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 s ...

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