The Honourable Sir John William Fortescue (1859-1938) was a British statesman and historian. He was the Librarian and Archivist at Windsor Castle and historian of the British Army. He was an honorary fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was educated, and a K. C.V. O. Fortescue was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was married in 1914 to Winifred Beech, of Barlavington, West Sussex, but they did not have children. Fortescue is best known for his monumental work on the British Army, which he wrote between 1899 and 1930. During most of this time (from 1905 to 1926) he was working as the librarian of Windsor Castle. In 1911, he was elected to deliver the Ford Lectures at Oxford University. His works include: History of the 17th Lancers (1895), Dundonald (1896), The Story of a Red Deer (1897), The Drummer"s Coat (1899) and History of the British Army (1899), County Lieutenancies and the Army 1803-1814 (1909), The Three Pearls (1916), My Native Devon...