Girdlestone is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Charles Girdlestone
Charles Girdlestone (1797–1881) was an English clergyman and biblical commentator.
Life
The second son of Samuel Rainbow Girdlestone, a chancery barrister, was born in London in March 1797; Edward Girdlestone, canon of Bristol, was his younger ...
(1797–1881), English clergyman and biblical commentator
* (Charlotte) Hester Girdlestone (born 1911), mother of
Stephen Oliver (composer)
Stephen Michael Harding Oliver (10 March 1950 – 29 April 1992) was an English composer, best known for his operas.
Early life and education
Oliver was born on 10 March 1950 in Chester, a son of Charlotte Hester (née Girdlestone; born 191 ...
(1950–1992) and grandmother of
John Oliver
John William Oliver (born 23 April 1977) is a British and American comedian who hosts ''Last Week Tonight with John Oliver'' on HBO. He started his career as a stand-up comedian in the United Kingdom and came to wider attention for his work ...
(b. 1977)
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Cuthbert Girdlestone
Cuthbert Morton Girdlestone (17 September 1895 – 10 December 1975) was a British musicologist and literary scholar.
Born in Bovey Tracey, Devon, he was educated at Cambridge and the Sorbonne, and thereafter took up the chair in French in Arm ...
(1895–1975), British musicologist
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Dylan Girdlestone (born 1989), South African cyclist
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Errol Girdlestone (born 1945), British music conductor
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Gathorne Robert Girdlestone (1881–1950), English orthopaedic surgeon, son of Robert Baker Girdlestone
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Henry Girdlestone (1863–1926), headmaster of St Peter's College, Adelaide, South Australia
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Robert Baker Girdlestone
Robert Baker Girdlestone (1836–1923) was an Anglican cleric who ministered at St John's Downshire Hill, Hampstead. He studied at Charterhouse, London, and Christ Church, Oxford, and was first principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. A Hebrew schol ...
(1836–1923), English lexicographer, son of Charles Girdlestone
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Thomas Girdlestone (1758–1822), British physician and writer
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