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Fortescue (surname)

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Fortescue is an English surname that originated from the old Norman epithet Fort-Escu ("strong shield").[1][2] People with the surname include:

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  1. ^ The Edinburgh Review. A. and C. Black. 1877. pp. 302–303.
  2. ^ Clermot, Thomas Fortescue (1880). A History of the Family of Fortescue in all its Branches. London: Ellis and White. pp. 1–2.