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 county of North Yorkshire, England. In the ''Domesday Book'', the name is given as Malgun, meaning "settlement by the gravelly places". Until 1974 it was part of the Settle Rural District, in the ...

and

Kirkby Malham Kirkby Malham is a small village and civil parish in the county 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 and Scosthr ...

. Well-known persons with this surname include: *

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'' () "fame, glory, honour, praise, reno ...

, English barrister and father of Somerset Maugham **

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 se ...

, English statesman, the eldest son of the previous ***

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 ***

Honor Earl Honor Earl (née Maugham; 24 March 1901–2 February 1996) was a British artist, portrait painter, and philanthropist, who founded the Young Musicians’ Fund to enable talented youth without means to receive musical tuition. Life Edith Honor ...

, English painter, daughter of Frederic Maugham **

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 ***

Syrie Maugham Gwendoline Maud Syrie Maugham ( Barnardo, formerly Wellcome; 10 July 1879 – 25 July 1955) was a leading British interior decorator of the 1920s and 1930s who popularised rooms decorated entirely in white. Early life Gwendoline Maud Syrie Ba ...

, wife *

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

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