Skelton
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Skelton may refer to:
[edit] Places
- United Kingdom
- Skelton, Cumbria, England, location of the Skelton transmitter site
- Skelton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
- Skelton, North Yorkshire, England
- Skelton-on-Ure, North Yorkshire, England
- Skelton, York, England
- Skelton-in-Cleveland, Redcar and Cleveland, England
- North Skelton, Redcar and Cleveland, England
- United States
[edit] People
- Betty Skelton Frankman (b. 1926), women's land speed record holder and aviator
- Charles Skelton (1806–1879), politician
- Ike Skelton (b. 1931), congressman
- John Skelton (c.1460–1529), poet
- John Skelton (American football) (b. 1988), american football quarterback
- Matt Skelton (b. 1967), boxer
- Matthew Skelton, writer
- Noel Skelton, Scottish British MP
- Raleigh Ashlin Skelton (1906–1970), cartographer
- Red Skelton (1913–1997), comedian
- Reginald William Skelton (1872–1956), polar explorer
- Roy Skelton (1932–2011), actor
- Samuel Skelton (c. 1584-1634), first pastor of the First Church in Salem, MA
In the sixteenth-century, Shelton and Skelton were alternate spellings of the same name. Those who used both include:
- Mary Shelton, mistress of Henry VIII of England and maid-of-honour to his wife and her cousin, Anne Boleyn
- Anne Shelton (courtier), mother of the above, head of the household of the future Elizabeth I and aunt of Anne Boleyn
- Sir John Shelton, head of the household of the future Elizabeth I and father of Mary Shelton
- John Skelton, poet
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