Sir John William FortescueKCVOFRHistS (28 December 1859 – 22 October 1933)[1] 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.
Fortescue is best known for his major work on the history of the British Army, which he wrote between 1899 and 1930.[5] Between 1905 and 1926, he worked as the Royal Librarian at Windsor Castle.[5]
In 1914, Fortescue married Winifred Beech, daughter of the Revd Howard Beech, Rector of Great Bealings, Suffolk; they had no children. Lady Fortescue (who died in 1951) was a writer and actress. He died in Cannes on 22 October 1933 at the age of 73.[5][8]