Featherstonhaugh
Featherstonhaugh /ˈfænʃɔː/ (also spelt Fetherstonhaugh and Featherstonehaugh) is an English surname. The name comes from Featherstonhaugh in Northumberland, from Old English feðere, "feather", stān, "stone", and healh, "corner".[1] Notable people with this surname include:
- Francis Fetherstonhaugh (c. 1575 – after 1624), an English statesman
- Matthew Fetherstonhaugh (1714–1774), an English baron
- George William Featherstonhaugh (1780–1866), an English-American geologist
- George William Featherstonhaugh, Jr. (1814–1900), an American legislator and businessman
- Godfrey Fetherstonhaugh (1859–1928), an Irish politician
- Frederick Barnard Fetherstonhaugh (1863–1945), a Canadian patent lawyer
- Constance Featherstonhaugh (later Benson; 1864–1946), an English actress
- Harold Lea Fetherstonhaugh (1887–1971), a Canadian architect
- Buddy Featherstonhaugh (1909–1976), an English jazz saxophonist
- Mary Featherstonhaugh Frampton (née Featherstonhaugh; 1928–2014), an English civil servant
- Robert Fetherstonhaugh (born 1932), an English cricketer
- Also
- The Fetherstonhaugh baronets
- The Featherstonehaughs, a British dance company
Others
- Alexander Featherstonhaugh Wylie (born 1951), a judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland
- Francis Featherstonhaugh Johnston (1891–1963), an Anglican bishop of Egypt
- Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge, a fictional character in the short stories of P. G. Wodehouse
See also
- Fanshawe (disambiguation) (a normalized spelling of the same name)
- Featherstone Castle
- Featherstone (disambiguation)
- Cholmondeley (pronounced /ˈtʃʌmli/)
- List of names in English with counterintuitive pronunciations
References
- ^ Fancher, Patrick A. (2013). Diana, Princess of the Royal Forest of the Peak: From Domesday to Derbyshire with the Eyres, Fanshawes, Featherstonehaughs, and Fanchers. U.S.A.: Lulu. pp. 39–48.
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