Bancroft (surname)
Bancroft is a place name-derived English surname originating in the 13th Century with three purported origins: the locale Bancroft in Ardeley, Hertfordshire; the locale of Bancroft Field in Soham, Cambridgeshire; or an Old English transliteration of the phrase "dweller by the bean field'.[1] Bancroft is thought to be related in origin to two other surnames, Bangcroft and Bencroft.[1]
Notable people sharing this surname
- The Bancroft family, previous owners of Dow Jones & Company
- Aaron Bancroft (1755–1839), Colonial American clergyman and Revolutionary War soldier
- Ann Bancroft (born 1955), American explorer
- Anne Bancroft (1931–2005), American actress
- Billy Bancroft (1871–1959), Welsh international rugby union player and county cricketer
- Cameron Bancroft (cricketer) (born 1992), Australian cricketer
- Cameron Bancroft (actor) (born 1967), Canadian actor
- Dave Bancroft (1891–1972), American baseball player and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
- Edward Bancroft (1744–1821), American double agent in the American Revolutionary War
- Edward Nathaniel Bancroft (1772–1842), English physician, botanist, and zoologist
- Effie Bancroft (1839–1921), English actress and theatre manager
- Frederick Bancroft (educator) (1855–1929), Canadian educator
- George Bancroft (1800–1891), American historian, statesman, and Secretary of the Navy (1845–1846)
- George Bancroft (actor) (1882–1956), American actor
- Gertrude Bancroft (1908–1985), American economist
- H. Hugh Bancroft (1904–1988), British organist and composer
- Hubert Howe Bancroft (1832–1918), American historian and ethnologist
- Huldah Bancroft (died 1966), American biostatistician
- Ian Bancroft, Baron Bancroft (1922–1996), British civil servant
- Jack Bancroft (1879–1942), Welsh international rugby union player and county cricketer
- Jessie Hubbell Bancroft (1867–1952), American educator, a pioneer of physical education
- John Bancroft (bishop) (1574–1640), bishop of Oxford
- John Bancroft (dramatist) (died 1696), English dramatist
- John Bancroft (architect) (1928–2011), British architect
- John Bancroft (sexologist) (born 1936), American physician
- John Bancroft (businessman) (21st century), British businessman
- Joseph Bancroft (1836–1894), English-born Australian surgeon and parasitologist
- Lincoln Bancroft (1877–1942), American politician
- Mary Bancroft (1903–1997), American novelist and spy
- G. Michael Bancroft (born 1942), Canadian chemist and synchrotron scientist
- Natalie Bancroft (born circa 1980), American businesswoman.
- Ria Bancroft (1907–1993), New Zealand sculptor
- Richard Bancroft (1544–1610), English clergyman and Archbishop of Canterbury (1604–1610)
- Ryan Bancroft (born 1989), American conductor
- Squire Bancroft (1841–1926), aka Sydney Bancroft, English actor and theatre manager.
- Stephen H. Bancroft, American theologian and educator
- Thomas Bancroft (poet) (c. 1596–1658), a 17th-century English poet.
- Thomas Bancroft (MP) (died 1636), English MP for Castle Rising
- Thomas Bancroft (priest) (1756–1811), English Anglican vicar of Bolton-le-Moors
- Tom Bancroft (born 1967), British jazz drummer and composer
- Tony Bancroft (born 1967), American animator
- Wilder Dwight Bancroft (1867–1953), American physical chemist
References
- ^ a b Browne, W.A.F.; Reaney, P.H.; Wilson, R.M.; Scull, A. (1991). A Dictionary of English Surnames. Tavistock classics in the history of psychiatry. Routledge. p. 170. ISBN 978-0-415-05737-0. Retrieved 26 August 2018 – via Google Books (preview).
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