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Walpole is an English surname.[ citation needed ]
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Walpole is an English surname.[ citation needed ]
Horatio is an English male given name, an Italianized form of the ancient Roman Latin nomen (name) Horatius, from the Roman gens (clan) Horatia. The modern Italian form is Orazio, the modern Spanish form Horacio. It appears to have been first used in England in 1565, in the Tudor era during which the Italian Renaissance movement had started to influence English culture. The name Horace is another related name from the same Latin source.
Edmund is a masculine given name or surname in the English language. The name is derived from the Old English elements ēad, meaning "prosperity" or "riches", and mund, meaning "protector".
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.
Browne is a variant of the English surname Brown, meaning "brown-haired" or "brown-skinned". It may sometimes be derived from French le Brun with similar meaning. The Mac an Bhreitheamhnaigh clan of County Donegal have anglicized as Browne since about 1800. The name has also been used throughout North America as an anglicization of the Spanish surname Pardo.
Goss is a Saxon surname meaning "goose". Notable people with the surname include:
Bishop is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Moyes is a surname. It may refer to:
Chamberlain is an English surname. In English, it means an attendant for a sovereign or lord in his bedchamber, or a chief officer in the household of a king or nobleman.
Tanner may be a surname of either English, German or Finnish origin. The Anglo-Saxon Tanner was an occupational surname referring to an individual involved in the tannery process. The German form, also spelled Danner, is likely topographic from German Tanne, meaning 'fir tree' and Tann, a place name referring to this. In the Finnish language surname the word tanner is a synonym for 'field' or 'ground'.
Lawrence is an English and Scottish surname. It is derived from Middle English or old French given name Laurence; itself derived from Latin Laurentius. The Oxford dictionaryof family names of Britain lists Laurence and McLaren as variants.
Burrows is an English surname, and may refer to:
Cowper is a surname of several persons:
Foss is a common surname of Scandinavian origin. Foss may refer to:
The surname Williamson was first found in the Royal burgh of Peebles, where this predominantly Scottish Clan held a Family Seat anciently, although their interests straddled the English Scottish border and they held territories as far south as Keswick in Cumberland.
Lafont is a Southern French surname. It may refer to:
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".
Acton is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Alford is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Phipps is a surname derived from the given name Philip.