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Cooke is a surname derived from the occupation of cook. Notable people with the surname include:
Baron Roundway, of Devizes in the County of Wilts, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 30 June 1916 for Charles Colston, Conservative Member of Parliament for Thornbury from 1892 to 1906. He was succeeded by his only son, the second Baron. He was a Brigadier-General in the Army and fought in the Second Boer War and in the First World War. He had no male issue and on his death on 29 March 1944 the barony became extinct.
Short is a surname of English origin. Notable people with this surname include:
Salmon is a surname. Alternative spellings are Salmons, Sammon and Sammons.
Thomson is a patronymic surname meaning "son of Thom, Thomp, Thompkin, or other diminutive of Thomas", itself derived from the Aramaic תום or Tôm, meaning "twin". The surname is documented in Cheshire records before and after the 1066 Norman Conquest. Variations include Thomason, Thomasson, Thomerson, Thomoson, and others. The French surname Thomson is first documented in Burgundy and is the shortened form for Thom[as]son, Thom[es]son. Variations include Thomassin, Thomason, Thomsson, Thomesson, Thomeson, and others. Thomson is uncommon as a given name.
Edward Colston (1636–1721) was an English merchant, slave trader, philanthropist and Member of Parliament.
People surnamed Lemon:
Fox is a surname originating in England and Ireland. The derivation is from the Middle English "fox", itself coming from the Old English pre 7th century "fox". The surname first appears on record in the latter part of the 13th century, with the first recorded spelling in 1273 to be that of John Fox in the "Hundred Rolls of Yorkshire", England. In Ireland, Fox is mainly a translation of the Old Gaelic "Mac a'tSionnaigh".
Stafford is an English surname originating from Staffordshire which may derive from Anglo-Saxon meaning 'landing stage by the ford'. The Staffords may also refer to the people of Staffordshire. see also: de Stafford,de Staffort
Charles Edward Hungerford Atholl Colston, 1st Baron Roundway was a British Conservative Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1892 to 1906, and was later elevated to the peerage, taking his seat in the House of Lords.
Cullen is a surname of Irish and Gaelic origin.
Wyndham is a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Conyers is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Sabine is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Greaves is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Patten is an Irish and British surname.
Phipps is a surname derived from the given name Philip.
Roundway Park was a 750-hectare (1,584-acre) estate in the former parish of Roundway in the centre of the English county of Wiltshire. The estate was about 1+1⁄4 miles (2 km) northeast of the town of Devizes and included a house, stables, gardens, farmland and woodland. After passing through several owners, the house was demolished in 1955 and the estate has since been divided up into residences and farmland.
Popham is a surname.
Coulston is a surname, probably an English habitation name from Coulston in Wiltshire.
References
- ↑ Hanks, Patricia; Hodges, Flavia. "Colston". A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0 19 860561 7.
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