Grindlay is a surname from northern and central England, most notably associated with the
Anglo
Anglo is a prefix indicating a relation to, or descent from, the Angles, England, English culture, the English people or the English language, such as in the term ''Anglosphere''. It is often used alone, somewhat loosely, to refer to peop ...
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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 ...
knightly
Grindlay family
The Grindlay family (Old English: compound">Compound_(linguistics).html" ;"title="nowiki/>Compound (linguistics)">compound''Grēne''/''Grynde'' + ''Leāh''/''Leā'') is an ancient knightly family of England and Scotland, whose ancestry can be ...
. Notable people with the surname include:
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Alfred Robert Grindlay
Alfred Robert 'Bob' Grindlay CBE, JP (1 February 1876 – 14 April 1965) was an English inventor, industrialist and official during the 19th and 20th centuries. He co-founded Grindlay Peerless, the motorcycle engineering company and was Mayor ...
(1876 – 1965), British inventor, industrialist and politician
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Alfred Stephen Chaplin Grindlay (b. 1909), British industrialist
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Bruce Grindlay
Bruce Grindlay (born 1967) is a British organist, conductor, teacher and was previously the Headmaster at Sutton Valence School.
Grindlay finished his schooling in Canada and studied at the Royal Canadian College of Organists as well as the Roya ...
(born 1967), British organist, conductor, teacher
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James G. Grindlay (1840 – 1907), American Civil War veteran
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Reginald Robert Grindlay (1899 – 1965), British industrialist and prominent Freemason
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Robert Melville Grindlay
Captain Robert Melville Grindlay FRSA MRAS FZS FRHS FRBS (23 October 1786 – 9 December 1877) was a British soldier, artist, and banker during the 18th and 19th centuries. Born in London, England he served as an East India Company agent ...
(1786 – 1887), British soldier, artist and banker
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Stephen Grindlay
Stephen Grindlay (born 13 March 1982 in Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for St Cadoc's.
Club career Early career
Grindlay began his career as a youth player for Celtic before bei ...
(born 1982), Scottish footballer
See also
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Grindley (disambiguation)
References
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