Featherstonhaugh (/ˈfænʃɔː/ FAN-shaw or /ˈfɪərstənhɔː/ FEER-stən-haw) (also spelt Fetherstonhaugh and Featherstonehaugh) is an English surname. The name comes from Featherstonhaugh in Northumberland, from the Old English feðere, 'feather', stān, 'stone', and healh, 'corner'.[1]
Notable people with this surname include:
- Francis Fetherston (c. 1575 – after 1624), an English statesman
- George William Featherstonhaugh (1780–1866), an English-American geologist
- George W. Featherstonhaugh Jr. (1814–1900), an American legislator and businessman
- Godfrey Fetherstonhaugh (1859–1928), an Irish politician
- F. B. Fetherstonhaugh (1863–1945), a Canadian patent lawyer
- Constance Featherstonhaugh (later Benson; 1864–1946), an English actress
- Francis Featherstonhaugh Johnston (1891–1963), an Anglican bishop of Egypt
- 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
- Alexander Featherstonhaugh Wylie (born 1951), a judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland
Fetherstonhaugh baronets (1747)
- Sir Matthew Fetherstonhaugh (1714–1774), 1st Baronet
- Sir Henry Fetherstonhaugh, known as Harry (1754–1846), 2nd Baronet
Artistic and fictional works
- The Featherstonehaughs, a British dance company
- "Cholmondeley Featherstonehaugh", an episode of the TV series Nanny and the Professor
- Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge, a fictional character in the short stories of P. G. Wodehouse
- Marcus Featherstone's terrier "Foon" ("written 'Featherstonehaugh' ") in the detective novel Police at the Funeral by Margery Allingham (1931)
- Harry Featherstonhaugh in the Lady Hardcastle Mystery Books by T.E. Kinsey.
- Piers Featherstonehaugh is the protagonist in the game The Gene Machine.
- In E.M Forster's Maurice, Clive Durham refers to a Featherstonhaugh who has a pianola. In the film, he pronounces it "Feestonhay"
See also
- Fanshawe (disambiguation) (a normalized spelling of the same name)
- Featherstone Castle
- Dover House
- Featherstone (disambiguation)
- List of irregularly spelled English names
- List of irregularly spelt places in the United Kingdom
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. Lulu. pp. 39–48.
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