Featherstonhaugh

Featherstonhaugh (generally pronounced as written, but occasionally simply "Featherston")[1] also spelt Fetherstonhaugh and Featherstonehaugh) is an English surname. The name comes from Featherstonhaugh in Northumberland, from the Old English feðere, 'feather', stān, 'stone', and healh, 'corner'.[2]

Notable people with this surname include:

  • Francis Fetherston (c. 1575 – after 1624), an English statesman
  • George William Featherstonhaugh (1780–1866), an English-American geologist
  • George W. Featherstonhaugh Jr. (1814–1900), an American legislator and businessman
  • Godfrey Fetherstonhaugh (1859–1928), an Irish politician
  • F. B. Fetherstonhaugh (1863–1945), a Canadian patent lawyer
  • Constance Featherstonhaugh (later Benson; 1864–1946), an English actress
  • Francis Featherstonhaugh Johnston (1891–1963), an Anglican bishop of Egypt
  • Harold Lea Fetherstonhaugh (1887–1971), a Canadian architect
  • Buddy Featherstonhaugh (1909–1976), an English jazz saxophonist
  • Mary Featherstonhaugh Frampton (née Featherstonhaugh; 1928–2014), an English civil servant
  • Robert Fetherstonhaugh (born 1932), an English cricketer
  • Alexander Featherstonhaugh Wylie (born 1951), a judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland

Fetherstonhaugh baronets (1747)

  • Sir Matthew Fetherstonhaugh (1714–1774), 1st Baronet
    • Sir Henry Fetherstonhaugh, known as Harry (1754–1846), 2nd Baronet

Artistic and fictional works

  • The Featherstonehaughs, a British dance company
  • "Cholmondeley Featherstonehaugh", an episode of the TV series Nanny and the Professor
  • Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge (the middle name pronounced "Fanshaw", apparently the origin of this idiosyncratic pronunciation which is not encountered in reality)[3][4] a fictional character in the short stories of P. G. Wodehouse
  • Marcus Featherstone's terrier "Foon" ("written 'Featherstonehaugh' ") in the detective novel Police at the Funeral by Margery Allingham (1931)
  • Harry Featherstonhaugh in the Lady Hardcastle Mystery Books by T.E. Kinsey.
  • Piers Featherstonehaugh is the protagonist in the game The Gene Machine.
  • In E.M Forster's Maurice, Clive Durham refers to a Featherstonhaugh who has a pianola. In the film, he pronounces it "Feestonhay"

See also

References

  1. ^ Debrett's Correct Form, ed. Patrick Montague-Smith, Debrett's Peerage Ltd, 1976, p. 381
  2. ^ Fancher, Patrick A. (2013). Diana, Princess of the Royal Forest of the Peak: From Domesday to Derbyshire with the Eyres, Fanshawes, Featherstonehaughs, and Fanchers. Lulu. pp. 39–48. ISBN 978-1-300-88178-0.
  3. ^ https://www.countrylife.co.uk/comment-opinion/how-do-you-pronounce-belvoir-featherstonhaugh-and-bagehot-227460
  4. ^ Debrett's Correct Form, ed. Patrick Montague-Smith, Debrett's Peerage Ltd, 1976, p. 381
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