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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

Delacour

Fictional characters:

De la Court and Delacourt

See also

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.