Marmaduke (name)
Marmaduke is a masculine name of Irish and Gaelic origin, and has been variously interpreted as meaning "follower of Saint Maedoc"[1] or as "leader of the seas".[citation needed]
Notable people with the name include:
Surname
- John S. Marmaduke, Confederate general
- Meredith Miles Marmaduke, eighth governor of Missouri
- Thomas Marmaduke, English explorer, sealer, whaler
Given name
- Marmaduke Barton (1865–1938), English pianist
- Marmaduke Constable, 15th-century English soldier
- Marmaduke Davenport, pseudonym for British confidence trickster Alexander Day
- Marmaduke Furness, 1st Viscount Furness (1883–1940), British shipping magnate
- Marmaduke Grove(1878–1954), Chilean Air Force officer and political figure
- Marmaduke Hussey, Baron Hussey of North Bradley, chairman of the BBC.
- Marmaduke Langdale, High Sheriff of Yorkshire
- Marmaduke Alexander Lawson (1840–1896), British botanist
- Marmaduke Lumley, 15th-century English priest
- Marmaduke Pattle, RAF flying ace
- Marmaduke Pickthall, Islamic scholar
- Marmaduke Stone (1748–1834), English Jesuit priest
- Marmaduke Tunstall, English ornithologist
- Marmaduke Tweng, 13/14th century, English knight and captain during the Wars of Scottish Independence
- Marmaduke Williams, U.S. congressman from North Carolina
- Marmaduke Wyvill (disambiguation), several, including:
Nickname
- John Dawson (musician), known as "Marmaduke", American country-rock musician
- John Smoltz, known as "Smoltzie" and "Marmaduke", American baseball pitcher
See also
References
- ^ Cook, Richard Baldwin (2008). All of the Above. Vol. 1. Cockeysville, MD: Nativa Books. p. 223. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
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