De la Cour

De la Cour is a French-language surname, meaning "of the court". The alternative forms Delacour and Delacourt were used by a Huguenot refugee who settled in Portarlington, County Laois, as well as his descendants who later moved to County Cork and then to England.^[1][2]

De la Cour

• Didier de La Cour (1550–1623), French Benedictine monk
• Claude-Michel Bégon de la Cour (1683–1748), French colonial military officer
• Charles-Joseph Mathon de la Cour (1738–1793), French art critic
• Joseph De La Cour (1894–1967), American politician
• Michaela Dornonville de la Cour (born 1961), Swedish pop singer
• Henric de la Cour (born 1974), Swedish songwriter
• Adam de la Cour (born 1979), British composer

Delacour

• William Delacour (1700–1767), French painter active from 1741 until 1767
• Jean Théodore Delacour (1890–1985), American ornithologist of French origin
• Yves Delacour (born 1930), French rower who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics

Fictional characters:

• Fleur Delacour, a character from the Harry Potter series
• Gabrielle Delacour, younger sister of Fleur Delacour

De la Court and Delacourt

• Pieter de la Court (1618–1685), Dutch economist
• Marianne Delacourt, pen name of Marianne de Pierres (born 1961), Australian science fiction writer
• Susan Delacourt, 20th-century Canadian political journalist

See also

• La Cour, a similar surname

References

1. Reaney, Percy Hide; Wilson, Richard Middlewood (1991). A Dictionary of English Surnames. Psychology Press. p. 887.
2. Burke, Bernard (1894). "Delacour of Fairy Hill". A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland. Harrison. p. 447.