Carruthers, sometimes Caruthers, is a

Scottish Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: *Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland *Scottish English *Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...

surname and

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, originating from the lands of Carruthers in

Dumfriesshire Dumfriesshire or the County of Dumfries or Shire of Dumfries () is a Counties of Scotland, historic county and registration county in southern Scotland. The Dumfries lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area covers a similar area to the hi ...

. The place name is derived from the

Cumbric Cumbric is an extinct Celtic language of the Brittonic subgroup spoken during the Early Middle Ages in the ''Hen Ogledd'' or "Old North", in Northern England and the southern Scottish Lowlands. It was closely related to Old Welsh and the ot ...

elements ''caer'' ("fort") and ''Rhydderch'' (a personal name perhaps meaning "red ruler"), and so meaning " Rhydderch's fort", possibly in reference to

Riderch I of Alt Clut Rhydderch Hael (), Riderch I of Alt Clut, or Rhydderch of Strathclyde, or Redrath ( ''fl.'' 580 – c. 614) was a ruler of Alt Clut, a Brittonic kingdom in the ''Hen Ogledd'' or "Old North" of Britain. He was one of the most famous kings in th ...

. As of 19 August 2019, Dr Simon Peter Carruthers of Holmains, 22nd of his line, was confirmed as Chief of the Name and Arms of Carruthers by the Lord Lyon King of Arms in Edinburgh, Scotland.Carruthers
courtofthelordlyon.scot. Accessed 1 November 2023. The family and clan are represented internationally by the Clan Carruthers Society (International)(CCS(I)) The Society was founded in January 2017 and is officially recognised by the Chief of Carruthers as representing the worldwide Carruthers family and the home of his clan. It has regional representatives in Africa, Australia, Canada, Europe, U.K. and the US. CCS(I) is non-commercial, apolitical and non-partisan and is open to any member of the international Carruthers family and derivatives of that name. The Society is based in the United Kingdom, but is represented by an international Executive Council made up of senior members from the regions. In Louisiana, ''Carruthers'' has evolved into ''Credeur'', a gallicized form of the name; it is a common surname today in the southern part of the state.

Notable people with the surname

* Bob Caruthers (1864–1911), American Major League Baseball player * Bob Carruthers (politician), Canadian politician * Chris Carruthers (born 1983), English footballer * David Carruthers (born 1957), British businessman * David Carruthers, Canadian curler * Sir David Carruthers (born 1940/41), New Zealand judge *

Douglas Carruthers Alexander Douglas Mitchell Carruthers (4 October 1882 – 23 May 1962) was an explorer and naturalist of some repute. He was the son of the Reverend William Mitchell Carruthers of Holbrook, Suffolk, Holbrook, and was an explorer in the Middle ...

(1882–1962), British soldier, explorer, and naturalist * Elizabeth Carruthers (born 1951), Canadian diver * George Carruthers (born 1953), Convenor, Clan Carruthers Society * George Robert Carruthers (1939–2020), American physicist and inventor * Ian Carruthers, British National Health Service manager * Jimmy Carruthers (1929–1990), Australian world champion boxer * John Carruthers (disambiguation), multiple people *

Joseph Carruthers Sir Joseph Hector McNeil Carruthers (21 December 185710 December 1932) was an Australian people, Australian politician who served as Premier of New South Wales from 1904 to 1907. Carruthers is perhaps best remembered for founding the Liberal ...

(1857–1932), Premier of New South Wales from 1904 to 1907 *

Kel Carruthers Kelvin Carruthers (born 3 January 1938) is an Australian former professional Motorcycle racer and racing team manager. He competed in the FIM Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championships from 1966 to 1970, and in AMA road racing competition ...

(born 1938), Australian world champion Grand Prix motorcycle racer * Kitty Carruthers (born 1961), American pairs figure skater *

Mark Carruthers Mark Carruthers OBE (born 1965) is a Northern Irish journalist. He currently presents a number of television and radio programmes for BBC Northern Ireland. Broadcasting work Carruthers first joined BBC Northern Ireland in 1989 contributing to ...

(born 1965), British talk show host on BBC * Pamela Carruthers (1916–2009), British showjumping course designer *

Peter Carruthers (philosopher) Peter Carruthers (born 16 June 1952) is a philosopher working primarily in the area of philosophy of mind. He is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Maryland, College Park, University of Maryland, associate member of Neuroscience and C ...

(born 1952), British philosopher * Peter Carruthers (figure skater) (born 1959), American pairs figure skater *

Peter A. Carruthers Peter Carruthers (1935 – August 3, 1997) was an American physicist best known for leading the theoretical division of Los Alamos National Laboratory from 1973 until 1980. Early life and education Peter Carruthers was born in Lafayette, Indi ...

(1935–1997), American physicist *

Reid Carruthers Reid Carruthers (born December 30, 1984) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Carruthers was the 2011 world champion—winning gold as a second on Jeff Stoughton's team—as well as an eight-time provincial champion, the 2003 junior p ...

(born 1984), Canadian curler * Robert Carruthers (1799–1878), Scottish journalist and writer * Robert L. Caruthers (1800–1882), American politician and judge, governor of Tennessee * Samir Carruthers (born 1993), Irish footballer * Steffi Carruthers (born 1993), Samoan tennis player *

Stuart Carruthers Stuart Cameron Carruthers (born 31 March 1970 in Melbourne, Victoria) is a former field hockey player from Australia, who was a member of the Men's National Hockey Team that won the bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. ...

(born 1970) Australian field hockey player * Thomas N. Carruthers (1900–1960), Episcopal bishop of South Carolina * Thomas Caruthers (c. 1818–1867), Texas politician * Wallace Bruce Matthews Carruthers (1863–1910), Canadian soldier and founder of the Canadian Signal Corps * William Carruthers (1830–1922), British botanist * Will Carruthers (born 1967), alternative rock musician

Fictional characters

*Carruthers, protagonist of Robert Erskine Childers's novel ''

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'' *Bob Carruthers, a character from the Sherlock Holmes story ''

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'' *Elizabeth and Peter Carruthers, a married couple; she inherits his trading firm, Carruthers & Co., in the 2016 Discovery Channel/Netflix series ''

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'' *Georgie Carruthers, protagonist of Ruby Dixon novel '' Ice Planet Barbarians'' *Luis Carruthers, a character in the 1991 novel and 2000 film ''

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'' *Francine Carruthers, Antagonist of the 2009 TV Series

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* Rachel Carruthers a fictional character in the ''

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'' series of

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s *Dame Carruthers, 'Housekeeper to the Tower' in

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's opera

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{{surname, Carruthers Surnames of Scottish origin

Notable people with the surname

Fictional characters

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