OOP: Podmore and Fortescue (WAS: Podmore)

[Phyllis]

No: HPFGUIDX 66790

Tcy wrote:

> I had a similar question about Sturgis Podmore....but I remember 
> that name from earlier in the series.  I did some checking and 
> found the name Sir Patrick Delaney-Podmore as the leader of the 
> headless hunt in CoS.  Anyone think there maybe a connection?

Now me:

I immediately thought of "Sir Properly Decapitated Podmore" from CoS 
when I first came across Sturgis Podmore's name.  I can't imagine JKR 
using the same name if there wasn't a connection.  I especially think 
it's interesting that he's 38 years old - the same age as Snape and 
MWPP (and JKR as of 7/31/03!).  Since he was in the order during the 
first Voldemort war, I suspect we'll hear more about him in books 6 
and 7.

Speaking of same names - what about the Hogwarts headmaster portrait 
Dumbledore refers to as "Fortescue"?  Could he be related to the 
Florean Fortescue who runs the ice cream parlor in Diagon Alley? 
Although we don't know whether Fortescue is the headmaster's first or 
last name - presumably it's his first name, since Dumbledore refers 
to the other portraits in his office by their first names. 

~Phyllis