Thomas Fortescue (12 November 1780 – 7 September 1872) was an Anglo-Irish civil servant and secretary.
His sister, Anne Elizabeth Fortescue, married William Richard Hopkins-Northey (grandparents of the 5th Baron Boston).
[2] Fortescue began working in the Indian Civil Service in 1798.
He acted as secretary to his cousin, Henry Wellesley, lieutenant-governor of the recently ceded province of Oudh, 1801 to 1803.
In 1812, while judge and Magistrate at Allahabad (today Prayagraj), he built a large bungalow for himself there.