Stephenson is a medieval patronymic surname meaning "son of Stephen". The earliest public record is found in the county of Huntingdonshire in 1279. There are variant spellings including Stevenson. People with the surname include:
Baron Heytesbury, of Heytesbury in the County of Wiltshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1828 for the prominent politician and diplomat Sir William à Court, 2nd Baronet, who later served as Ambassador to Russia and as Viceroy of Ireland. His son, the second Baron, sat as Member of Parliament for the Isle of Wight. On his marriage in 1837 to Elizabeth Holmes, daughter of Sir Leonard Worsley Holmes, Lord Heytesbury assumed the additional surname of Holmes. His son the 4th baron commanded a battalion in the Wiltshire Regiment and was for a time in command of 62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot. As of 2010, the titles are held by his great-great-great-grandson, the seventh Baron, who succeeded his father in 2004.
Holmes is an English-language surname with several origins.
Hoyle is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
See also Woolf, Woolfe, Wolfe, Wolff, Wolfson and Woolfson.
Michael Robert Hamilton Holmes à Court was a South African-born Australian businessman who became Australia's first billionaire, before dying suddenly of heart failure in 1990 at the age of 53.
Courtney is an English surname originating from England, France and Ireland, where it was of Norman origin.
Adamson is an English patronymic surname meaning "son of Adam". It is rare as a given name, although there has been a tradition in some families for the first-born son to be called Adam. People with the surname Adamson include:
Gleeson is an Irish surname. It is an anglicisation of the Irish name Ó Glasáin or Ó Gliasáin. The name is most common in County Tipperary but originates in East County Cork, in the once powerful Uí Liatháin kingdom, where the Gleesons were great lords and sometimes kings. Notable people with the surname include:
Lynn is a surname of Irish origin, English, Welsh or Scottish. It has a number of separate derivations:
Baldock is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Adair is a surname of Scotland. A common misconception is that the surname is related to Edgar, Eadgar, O'daire or MacDaire. Robert Fitzgerald De Athdare was the first Adair. He was from what is now Limerick, Ireland.
Lunn is a surname, and may refer to:
Hudson is an English surname. Notable people and characters with the surname include:
Pigott and Piggott are English surnames.
Cropper is an English surname.
Playfair is an English surname which came to England after the Norman Conquest. The name derives from the Old French toponymic surname Plouvier and came from Plouvien, Brittany. Notable people with the surname include:
Charman is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Paul Holmes à Court is an Australian businessman and wine maker. He is the son of Australia's first billionaire Robert Holmes à Court and CEO of Vasse Felix.
Shedden is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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