Fitton is a surname of English origin. Notable people with the surname include:
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Alexander Fitton
Sir Alexander Fitton (1630?–1698) sometimes known by his Jacobite title Baron Gawsworth, was an Irish barrister and judge, who became Lord Chancellor of Ireland, despite having spent many years in prison for a criminal offence.
Family and ea ...
(Baron Fitton of Gawsworth) (16301698), Irish barrister and judge
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Andrew Fitton
Andrew Fitton is a telecoms specialist, and part owner and former chairman of Swindon Town F.C.
He works currently for Transcomm plc. as chief executive.
He also worked with Mobitex and United Wireless Holdings.
Swindon Town Football Club
In 2007, ...
(active from 2007), British businessman and football club owner
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Arthur Fitton (190284), English footballer and cricketer
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Benjamin Fitton (active from 2006), British singer songwriter
* Michael Fitton (born 1980), Irish film & TV Special Effects
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Darrell Fitton
Darrell Earnest Fitton is an English electronic musician from Rochdale, England. Most of his work is recorded under the monikers Bola and Jello, released primarily on Skam Records. Fitton has also contributed to electronic acts D-Breeze, Brahm ...
(active from 1994), English electronic musician
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Darryl Fitton
Darryl Fitton (born 5 May 1962) is an English professional darts player. He is nicknamed The Dazzler and comes to the stage dancing to the Madness song "One Step Beyond" wearing sunglasses; one of the most popular walk-ons with the audience ...
(born 1962), English professional darts player
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Dexter Fitton
John Dexter Fitton (born 24 August 1965) is a former English cricketer. Fitton is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born in Littleborough, Lancashire.
Fitton made his first-class debut for Lancashire against Hampshi ...
(born 1965), English cricketer
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Doris Fitton
Dame Doris Alice Lucy Walkden Fitton, (3 November 18972 April 1985) was an Australian actress of stage and film and theatrical director and producer who founded and for 35 years headed The Independent Theatre Ltd. in Sydney, New South Wales.
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(18971985), Australian actress and theatrical director
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Edward Fitton the elder
Sir Edward Fitton the elder (31 March 1527 – 3 July 1579), was Lord President of Connaught and Thomond and the Vice-Treasurer of Ireland.
Biography
Fitton was the eldest son of Sir Edward Fitton of Gawsworth (d.1548) and Mary Harbottle, daughte ...
(152779), Irish provincial governor
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Edward Fitton, the younger
Sir Edward Fitton the younger (1548?–1606), was an Englishman who took part in the Elizabethan plantation of Ireland.
Biography
Fitton was the son and heir of Sir Edward Fitton (the elder) of Gawsworth, Cheshire and his wife Anne Warburton, da ...
(15481606), English Member of Parliament and administrator in Ireland
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Fitton baronets
The Fitton Baronetcy, of Gawsworth in the County of Chester, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 2 October 1617 by James I for Edward Fitton, of Gawsworth Hall, Gawsworth, Cheshire. The Fitton family were sett ...
, a title in the Baronetage of England 161743
:* Sir Edward Fitton, 1st Baronet (15721619)
:* Sir Edward Fitton, 2nd Baronet (160343)
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Fred Fitton
Frederick Fitton (12 January 1905 – 6 January 1965) was an English professional association footballer who played as a centre forward for a number of teams in the Football League
The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professi ...
(19051965), English footballer
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Hedley Fitton (18591929), British engraver and printmaker
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James Fitton (priest)
James Fitton (10 April 1805 in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. – 15 September 1881 in Boston) was an American Catholic Catholic priest, priest and missionary, active in New England.
Biography
His father, Abraham Fitton, went to Boston from Preston ...
(180581), American Catholic missionary
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James Fitton (artist)
James Fitton R.A. (11 February 1899 – 2 May 1982) was an English painter, lithographer and theatre set designer, and a founder member of the left-wing Artists' International Association.
Early life
Fitton was born in Oldham, Lancashire, Eng ...
(18991982), English painter
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Laura Fitton
Laura Fitton is the founder of Twitter app store, oneforty and the co-Author of ''Twitter for Dummies''.
Career
Fitton is the founder of the Twitter app store oneforty which was acquired by HubSpot in August 2011.
In 2010 she was listed in ''Fa ...
(active from 2010), American businesswoman
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Lesley Fitton
Josephine Lesley Fitton (born 1953) is a British classical archaeologist and the Keeper of the Department of Greece and Rome at the British Museum. She is particularly known for her work on the Minoans, the Cyclades, and the Greek Bronze Age.
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, British archaeologist and Keeper of the Department of Greece and Rome, the
British Museum
The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence. It docum ...
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Margaret Fitton (19021988), British artist
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Mary Fitton
Mary Fitton (or Fytton) (baptised 24 June 1578 – 1647) was an Elizabethan gentlewoman who became a maid of honour to Queen Elizabeth. She is noted for her scandalous affairs with William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, Vice-Admiral Sir Richa ...
(15781647), English gentlewoman, maid of honour to Queen Elizabeth I
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Michael Fitton (17661852), British naval officer
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Robin Fitton
Edwin Robin Fitton (1928 in Leeds – 2 May 1970 in Adenau ) was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Leeds, West Yorkshire. His best season was in 1968 when he finished the year in fourth place in the 500cc world championship. Fitton w ...
(192870), former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
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Sarah Mary Fitton
Sarah Fitton (c. 1796 – 30 March 1874) was an Irish writer and botanist. Assisted by her sister Elizabeth, Sarah Fitton wrote ''Conversations on Botany'' (1817), framed as a series of conversations between a mother and her son on botany and t ...
(17961874), Irish writer who had an interest in botany
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Tom Fitton
Thomas J. Fitton is an American conservative activist and the president of Judicial Watch. Fitton is known for pro-Trump commentary. Fitton is prominent for criticizing Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into alleged Russian interf ...
(active from 1998), American activist, president of Judicial Watch
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William Henry Fitton (17801861), Irish physician and amateur geologist
People with the personal name Fitton include:
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Fitton Gerard, 3rd Earl of Macclesfield
Fitton Gerard, 3rd Earl of Macclesfield (15 October 1663 – 26 December 1702) was a British peer, styled Hon. Fitton Gerard until 1701.
Biography
He was the younger son of Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield, and represented several consti ...
(16631702), British peer
See also
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Field v Fitton
Field v Fitton 9881 NZLR 482 is a cited New Zealand case regarding privity of contract.
Background
The Fields were trustees of an estate that had a property for sale. In 1987, they entered into a sale agreement with Brent Paulin, with the buy ...
, a New Zealand lawsuit of 1988 regarding privity of contract
* Fitton, a fictional airport in the BBC radio series
Cabin Pressure
Cabin pressurization is a process in which conditioned air is pumped into the cabin of an aircraft or spacecraft in order to create a safe and comfortable environment for passengers and crew flying at high altitudes. For aircraft, this air is ...
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Fitton End
Fitton End is a hamlet in the civil parish of Newton-in-the-Isle, in the Fenland district, in the county of Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.) is a Counties of England, county in the East of England, bordering Lincolnshire ...
, a hamlet in the vicinity of Gorefield, Cambridgeshire, England
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Fitton Field
Fitton Field is a football stadium in Worcester, Massachusetts primarily used for College of the Holy Cross sporting events. The stadium opened in 1908 as the official home for the Holy Cross Crusaders football team. Before that, most games were ...
, a sports stadium in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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Fitton Hill
Fitton Hill is a large housing estate in the town of Oldham in Greater Manchester, contiguous with Hathershaw and Bardsley.
Lying 2 miles south of Oldham town centre, the Fitton Hill estate was built during the 1950s and 1960s on previously u ...
, a large housing estate in Oldham in Greater Manchester, England
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Fitton Rock, a sea-rock near Adelaide Island in Antarctica
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