Walkinshaw

Last updated September 11, 2025

Walkinshaw is a surname of Scottish origin. The surname is a habitational name derived from Walkinshaw in Renfrewshire. The name probably originates from the Old English wealcere "fuller" + sceaga "copse".^[1]

People

Alex Walkinshaw (born 1974), English, an actor
Clementina Walkinshaw (1720–1802), mistress of Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie)
James Walkinshaw (born 1982), American politician
Lawrence H. Walkinshaw, (1904–1993), American ornithologist
Tom Walkinshaw (1946–2010), Scottish race car driver

Fictional characters

Theodore Walkinshaw, a character in the stage play Foggerty's Fairy (1881) by W. S. Gilbert
Walkinshaw, an alias briefly assigned to Pongo Twistleton in the short story "Uncle Fred Flits By" (1935) by P. G. Wodehouse

References

↑ "Walkinshaw Name Meaning and History". Ancestry.com . Retrieved January 17, 2009.

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[1] "Walkinshaw Name Meaning and History". Ancestry.com . Retrieved January 17, 2009.

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