Tangye is a surname of
Breton origin
and is common in
Cornwall
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. It may refer to:
*
Richard Tangye, industrialist (1833–1906)
**His son, Sir , 1st Baronet (1866–1935)
***His son, Sir , 2nd Baronet (1895–1969)
** His son, Lt. Colonel O.B.E., JP
*** His son
Derek Tangye
**** Derek's wife
Jean Tangye
*** His son
Nigel Tangye
** His niece, Helena Tangye Lean
*** Her son
Edward Tangye Lean
*** Her son David Tangye Lean, aka
David Lean
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*
George Tangye, Richard's brother
See also
*
Tangye baronets
*
Tanguy
References
Further reading
*Scott, Tim, ed. (1999) ''Cornish Connections: the Tangye checklist; Derek Tangye, Jean Nicol-Tangye & Nigel Tangye''; 2nd ed. Wokingham: Cornish Connections / Hare's Ear {{ISBN, 0-9515686-6-3 (1st ed. 1997)
Surnames of Breton origin
Cornish families