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
• Ethel De la Cour (1869–1957), British educator
• 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
• Anne Cecilie de la Cour (born 1993), Danish handball player

Delacour

• William Delacour (1700–1767), French painter
• Alfred Delacour (1817–1883), French playwright and librettist
• Reginald B. DeLacour (1886–1948), American general
• Jean Théodore Delacour (1890–1985), French-born American ornithologist
• Marcelle Delacour (fl. 1935), French table tennis player
• Yves Delacour (1930-2014), French rower
• Josephine White deLacour (1849–1929), American doctor
• Perrine Delacour (born 1994), French golfer

Fictional characters

• Fleur Delacour, 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
• Petronella de la Court (1624–1707), Dutch art collector
• Charles Delacourt-Smith, Baron Delacourt-Smith (1917–1972), British trade unionist and Labour Party politician
• Grégoire Delacourt (born 1960), French advertiser and writer
• Marianne Delacourt, pen name of Marianne de Pierres (born 1961), Australian science fiction writer
• Susan Delacourt (fl. 1982–present), Canadian political journalist
• Benjamin Delacourt (born 1985), French footballer

Fictional characters

• Rainn Delacourt, from the 2022 film Jurassic World Dominion

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.