Featherstonhaugh ( ) (also spelt Fetherstonhaugh and Featherstonehaugh) is an English surname. The name comes from Featherstonhaugh in
Northumberland
Northumberland () is a ceremonial counties of England, county in Northern England, one of two counties in England which border with Scotland. Notable landmarks in the county include Alnwick Castle, Bamburgh Castle, Hadrian's Wall and Hexham Ab ...
, from the
Old English , 'feather', , 'stone', and , 'corner'.
Notable people with this surname include:
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Francis Fetherston ( – after 1624), an English statesman
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George William Featherstonhaugh
George William Featherstonhaugh ( /ˈfɪərstənhɔː/ '' FEER-stən-haw''; 9 April 1780, in London – 28 September 1866, in Le Havre) was a British-American geologist and geographer. He was one of the proposers of the Albany and Schenectady Ra ...
(1780–1866), an English-American geologist
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George W. Featherstonhaugh Jr. (1814–1900), an American legislator and businessman
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Godfrey Fetherstonhaugh
Godfrey Fetherstonhaugh ( ; 11 April 1858 – September 1928) was an Irish Unionist Party politician. He was elected at the 1906 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for North Fermanagh, and held the seat until he resigned from the Hou ...
(1859–1928), an Irish politician
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F. B. Fetherstonhaugh (1863–1945), a Canadian patent lawyer
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Constance Featherstonhaugh (later Benson; 1864–1946), an English actress
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Francis Featherstonhaugh Johnston (1891–1963), an Anglican bishop of Egypt
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Harold Lea Fetherstonhaugh
Harold Lea Fetherstonhaugh ( ; 1887–1971) was a Canadian architect from Montreal, Quebec.
Biography
He received a diploma from McGill University in architecture in 1909, before perfecting his work alongside brothers Edward Maxwell and Wil ...
(1887–1971), a Canadian architect
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Buddy Featherstonhaugh
Rupert Edward Lee "Buddy" Featherstonhaugh ( ; 4 October 1909 – 12 July 1976) was an English jazz saxophonist and clarinetist.
Musical career
Born in Paris in 1909, the son of an English marine architect and his Scottish wife. His grandfath ...
(1909–1976), an English jazz saxophonist
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Mary Featherstonhaugh Frampton (; 1928–2014), an English civil servant
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Robert Fetherstonhaugh
Charles Bateman Robert Fetherstonhaugh ( ; born 17 November 1932) is a former English cricketer. Fetherstonhaugh was a right-handed Batsman (cricket), batsman and a wicket-keeper. He was born in Tavistock, Devon, Tavistock, Devon and educated ...
(born 1932), an English cricketer
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Alexander Featherstonhaugh Wylie (born 1951), a judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland
Fetherstonhaugh baronets (1747)
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Matthew Fetherstonhaugh (1714–1774), 1st Baronet
**Sir
Henry Fetherstonhaugh
Sir Henry Fetherstonhaugh, 2nd Baronet (22 December 1754 – 24 October 1846), known as Harry, was an English aristocrat.
The son of Matthew Fetherstonhaugh, 1st Baronet (of the Fetherstonhaugh baronets), he was the Member of Parliament for Port ...
, known as Harry (1754–1846), 2nd Baronet
Artistic and fictional works
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The Featherstonehaughs The Featherstonehaughs are a London-based, all-male contemporary dance company, described by Arts Council England
Arts Council England is an arm's length non-departmental public body of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. It i ...
, a British dance company
*"Cholmondeley Featherstonehaugh", an episode of the TV series ''
Nanny and the Professor
''Nanny and the Professor'' is an early 1970s American sitcom created by AJ Carothers and Thomas L. Miller for 20th Century-Fox Television that aired on ABC from January 21, 1970 until
December 27, 1971. During pre-production, the proposed ti ...
''
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Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge, 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
''The Gene Machine'' is a graphical point-and-click action adventure game, originally released in 1996 and published by Vic Tokai. It was developed by Divide By Zero.
It describes the adventures of a fictional British gentleman named Piers Feathe ...
.
See also
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Fanshawe (disambiguation) (a normalized spelling of the same name)
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Featherstone Castle
Featherstone Castle, a Grade I listed building, is a large Gothic style country mansion situated on the bank of the River South Tyne about southwest of the town of Haltwhistle in Northumberland, England.
Medieval origins
In the 11th century th ...
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Featherstone (disambiguation) Featherstone is a town in West Yorkshire, England.
Featherstone may also refer to:
Places
;in England
*Featherstone, Northumberland, village
**Featherstone Castle
*Featherstone, Staffordshire, village
** HM Prison Featherstone
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List of irregularly spelled English names
This is a set of lists of English personal and place names having spellings that are counterintuitive to their pronunciation because the spelling does not accord with conventional pronunciation associations, or because a better known namesake wit ...
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List of irregularly spelt places in the United Kingdom
This is a sublist of List of irregularly spelled English names.
These common suffixes have these regular pronunciations, yet would be counterintuitive (irregular) in normal English:
* -b(o)rough and -burgh –
* -bury –
* -cester –
* -com ...
References
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English toponymic surnames