Pronunciation | /ˈɔkənklɑs/ [1] |
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Origin | |
Meaning | "stone field" (a place-name) |
Region of origin | Scotland |
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Variant form(s) | Auchinclose |
Auchincloss is a surname of Scottish origin, derived from an area in Ayrshire known as Auchincloich, which is Scottish Gaelic for "field of stones" from achadh ("field") and clach ("stone"). [2] It is also the name of a prominent American family with kinship to the Kennedy family. [3]
Notable people with the surname include:
Janet Norton Lee Auchincloss, previously Bouvier, was an American socialite. She was the mother of the former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and Lee Radziwill.
The Boston Brahmins, or Boston elite, are members of Boston's historic upper class. From the late 19th century through the mid-20th century, they were often associated with a cultivated New England accent, Harvard University, Anglicanism, and traditional British-American customs and clothing. Descendants of the earliest English colonists are typically considered to be the most representative of the Boston Brahmins. They are considered White Anglo-Saxon Protestants (WASPs).
The Saltonstall family is a Boston Brahmin family from the U.S. state of Massachusetts, notable for having had a family member attend Harvard University from every generation since Nathaniel Saltonstall—later one of the more principled judges at the Salem Witch Trials—graduated in 1659.
James Coats Auchincloss was an American businessman and Republican Party politician who represented northern coastal region of New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives from 1943–1965. His district consisted of Monmouth County, Ocean County, and the part of Middlesex County south of the Raritan River.
Janet Jennings Auchincloss Rutherfurd was an American socialite. She was the half sister of the former First Lady of the United States, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, and socialite Princess Lee Radziwill.
Hugh Dudley Auchincloss Jr. was an American stockbroker and lawyer. He became the second husband of Nina S. Gore, mother of Gore Vidal, and also the second husband of Janet Lee Bouvier, the mother of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Caroline Lee Bouvier.
Emily Kernan Rutherfurd is an American actress. She played Christine "New Christine" Hunter in the CBS sitcom, The New Adventures of Old Christine (2006–10).
The Randolph family of Virginia is a prominent political family, whose members contributed to the politics of Colonial Virginia and Virginia after statehood. They are descended from the Randolphs of Morton Morrell, Warwickshire, England. The first Randolph in America was Edward Fitz Randolph, who settled in Massachusetts in 1630. His nephew, William Randolph, later came to Virginia as an orphan in 1669. He made his home at Turkey Island along the James River. Because of their numerous progeny, William Randolph and his wife, Mary Isham Randolph, have been referred to as "the Adam and Eve of Virginia". The Randolph family was the wealthiest and most powerful family in 18th-century Virginia.
Frank Lyon Polk was an American lawyer and diplomat, who was also a name partner of the law firm today known as Davis Polk & Wardwell.
Oliver Burr Jennings was an American businessman and one of the original stockholders in Standard Oil.
Lammot du Pont II was an American businessman who was the head of the du Pont family's E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company for 22 years.
Nina Gore Auchincloss Straight is an American author, journalist, and socialite. She is the mother of writer/director Burr Steers and artist Hugh Auchincloss Steers, half-sister of Gore Vidal, step-sister of First Lady Jacqueline Onassis and socialite Princess Lee Radziwill.
Lewis Polk Rutherfurd is an American-born financier who lives in Hong Kong. He was married to Janet Jennings Auchincloss, the half-sister of First Lady Jacqueline Lee "Jackie" Bouvier from 1966 until her death in 1985. In 1989, he married Katharine duPont Sanger, the granddaughter of Lammot du Pont II.
Nina S. Olds was an American actress and socialite known for her three marriages, to Eugene Vidal, Hugh D. Auchincloss, and Robert Olds, as well as her children, authors Gore Vidal and Nina Auchincloss.
James Thomas Lee was an American lawyer, banker, and real estate investor. He was the maternal grandfather of former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and Princess Lee Radziwill.
Walter Jennings was an American industrialist who served as president of National Fuel Gas Company and the Jekyll Island Club.
Hugh Dudley Auchincloss Sr. was an American merchant and businessman who was prominent in New York society.
William Gurdon Saltonstall was an American naval officer during the U.S. Civil War and a prominent merchant.
Charles Crooke Auchincloss was an American lawyer and stockbroker.
The Bouvier family or Bouvier-Lee-Auchincloss family describes the wealthy, American family connected with former First Lady of the United States Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy. It was founded in the United States around 1820 and joined the American upper class over subsequent years. Members of the family have French, Irish, and English ancestry.