Given the question: Facts: - profession: barrister , judge , politician - imagesize: 150px - successor: robert pauncefort sir john strange - death date: 15 december 1749 - predecessor: william lee sir john verney - office: attorney the rolls general for the duchy of cornwall master of - term end: 1736 15 december 1749 - term start: 1730 5 november 1741 - birth date: 1687 - name: william fortescue - nationality: british - image: willfortescue.jpg Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of william fortescue -lrb- judge -rrb- .
The answer is:
sir william fortescue , kc , pc -lrb- 1687 -- 15 december 1749 -rrb- of buckland filleigh , devon , was a british judge and master of the rolls 1741 -- 1749 .