| Authorised form of name | Aland; John Fortescue, 1st Baron Fortescue of Credan (1670 - 1746) |
| Other forms of surname | Fortescue |
| Fortescue-Aland |
| Dates | 1670 - 1746 |
| Nationality | British |
| Date of birth | 07 March 1670 |
| Date of death | 19 December 1746 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Stapleford Abbots, Essex |
| Occupation | Barrister |
| Activity | Education:
Inner Temple; Oxford; DCL (by diploma 1733)
Career:
Called to the Bar (1712); KC (1714); Solicitor-General to the Prince of Wales (1714); Solicitor-General to the King (1715); MP for Midhurst (1715-1717); Reader to the Inner Temple (1716); Baron of the Exchequer (1717); Justice of the King's Bench (1718-1727); Justice of the Common Pleas (1729-1746)
Honours:
Kt 1717; Baron 1746 |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 20/03/1712 |
| Relationships | Son of Edmund Fortescue of Bierton, Buckinghamshire, and his wife, Sarah or Anne, daughter of Henry Aland of Waterford; assumed the additional surname of Aland (1704).
Married: 1) Grace, daughter of Sir John Pratt, Lord Chief Justice, and his first wife, Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev Henry Gregory; 2) Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William or Robert Dormer, Justice of the King's Bench, and his wife, Mary, daughter of Sir Richard Blake |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Foster; GEC
References:
Obituary, Gentleman's Magazine (1746), p.668.
Notes:
Proposed by William Jones |
| Code | NA6730 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/000059 | Aland, John Fortescue, 1st Baron Fortescue of Credan | nd |
| IM/000060 | Aland, John Fortescue, 1st Baron Fortescue of Credan | 1750? |