Stevenson is an English language patronymic surname meaning "son of Steven". Its first historical record is from pre-10th-century England. Another origin of the name is as a toponymic surname related to the place Stevenstone in Devon, England. There are variant spellings of the name, including Stephenson.
Dashwood is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Douglas William Freshfield was a British lawyer, mountaineer and author, who edited the Alpine Journal from 1872 to 1880. He was an active member of the Royal Geographical Society and the Alpine Club and served as President of both organizations. He was also the first President of the Geographical Association, being one of the people at the first meeting where the Association was founded. He served from 1897 to 1911, the longest serving president in the history of the Association.
Falconer is a Scottish surname, either a sept of Clan Keith or a clan on its own, having as crest an angel in a praying posture or, within an orle of laurel proper, as motto VIVE UT VIVAS but without a chief, being merely an armigerous clan. It is an Anglicized version of the Old French Faulconnier, the name being derived from the occupational name for a trainer of falcons. It can also be used as a first name or as a middle name.
Bowles is an English and Irish surname of Norman origin. Notable people with the surname include:
Capper is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Corbet is a surname, and may refer to
Read is a surname of English origins.
Mellish is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Henry Ray Freshfield was an English lawyer and conservationist.
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". French origin: from Old French gros: "big, "fat", a variant of surname Gros.
Plumptre is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Robert Wigram Crawford was a British East India merchant, Governor of the Bank of England, and a Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1857 to 1874.
Anstey is a surname held by approximately eight thousand people worldwide. The surname itself originated in the 12th century from Anstey in Hertfordshire. Notable people with the surname include:
Birks is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Copland is a surname. It is sometimes the anglicized form of the Yiddish surname Kaplan. Notable people with the surname include:
Flint is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Gower, as a surname of Welsh or Anglo-Norman origin. Notable people with the surname include:
Jane Freshfield was an English climber and travel writer. She was among the first British women to explore the Swiss Alps and encouraged others to do so.
Henry Freshfield may refer to:
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