Maugham is a surname most commonly associated with the English literary family. The name is a variant of Malham, Malgham, and Malghum. Families with the name originate from the area surrounding
Malham
Malham is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. Before 20th century boundary changes, the village was part of the Settle Rural District, in the historic West Riding of Yorkshire. In the ''Domesday Book ...
and
Kirkby Malham
Kirkby Malham is a small village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. Situated in the Yorkshire Dales it lies east of Settle. The population of the civil parish as taken in the 2011 Census (including Hanlith an ...
.
Well-known persons with this surname include:
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Robert Ormond Maugham
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...
, English barrister and father of Somerset Maugham
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Frederic Maugham, 1st Viscount Maugham
Frederic Herbert Maugham, 1st Viscount Maugham, (20 October 1866 – 23 March 1958) was a British barrister and judge who was Lord Chancellor from March 1938 until September 1939.
Background and education
Born in Paris, Maugham was the sec ...
, English statesman, the eldest son of the previous
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Robin Maugham
Robert Cecil Romer Maugham, 2nd Viscount Maugham (17 May 1916 – 13 March 1981), known as Robin Maugham, was a British author.
Trained as a barrister, he served with distinction in the Second World War, and wrote a successful novella, '' The ...
, English writer, the only son of the previous
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W. Somerset Maugham
William Somerset Maugham ( ; 25 January 1874 – 16 December 1965) was an English writer, known for his plays, novels and short stories. Born in Paris, where he spent his first ten years, Maugham was schooled in England and went to a German un ...
, English writer, best known of the Maughams
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Syrie Maugham
Gwendoline Maud Syrie Maugham (''née'' Barnardo, formerly Wellcome; 10 July 1879 – 25 July 1955) was a leading British interior decorator of the 1920s and 1930s who popularized rooms decorated entirely in white.
Birth
Syrie Maugham was born ...
, wife
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Daphne Mabel Maugham
Daphne Mabel Maugham later Daphne Maugham-Casorati (1897–1982) was a British painter, who emigrated to Turin, Italy.
Family
Daphne was born in either London, England or perhaps at the British embassy in Paris, and registered in London, Her fathe ...
, painter
References
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