Grose is a surname of two possible origins. Cornish origin: a toponymic surname for a person who lived near a stone cross, from Cornish "crows" or "crous" for "cross".[1] [2] French origin: from Old French gros: "big, "fat", a variant of surname Gros.[2]
Notable people with the surname include:
- Brent Grose (born 1979), Australian rugby league player
- Daniel Grose (1903-1971), English cricketer and British Army officer
- David Grose (1944–2004), American archaeologist
- Francis Grose (1731–1791), antiquary and lexicographer
- Francis Grose (Lieutenant-Governor) (circa 1754 – 1814), Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales
- George Richmond Grose (1869–1953), American Methodist bishop
- Ingebrikt Grose (1862–1939), first president of Concordia College
- Ivan Grose (born 1928), Canadian businessman and politician
- John Henry Grose, British traveller
- Nash Grose (1740-1814), English Judge
- Walter Grose (1862–1940), Australian politician
- William Grose (1812–1900), American lawyer
- Mrs Grose, a fictional character, a housekeeper, in Henry James's novella The Turn of the Screw
See also
- All pages with titles containing Grose
References
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