Vesey is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Agmondisham Vesey (1677–1739) Irish landowner and politician * Agmondesham Vesey (1708–85) Irish politician and amateur architect *

Denmark Vesey Denmark Vesey (also Telemaque) (July 2, 1822) was a Free Negro, free Black man and community leader in Charleston, South Carolina, who was accused and convicted of planning a major Slave rebellion, slave revolt in 1822. Although the alleged pl ...

(c. 1767–1822), American rebel slave *

Elizabeth Vesey Elizabeth Vesey (1715 in Ossory, Ireland – 1791 in Chelsea, London) was a wealthy Irish intellectual who is credited with fostering the Bluestockings, a society which hosted informal literary and political discussions of which she was an ...

(1715–1791), English socialite and writer *

Gerald Vesey Francis Gerald Vesey or Veasey (15 July 1832 – 18 March 1915) was a priest of the Church of England. He was the Archdeacon of Huntingdon from 1874 to 1915. He was educated at Windlesham House School, Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge, g ...

(1832–1915), English clergyman *

Ivo Vesey General Sir Ivo Lucius Beresford Vesey, (11 August 1876 – 19 February 1975) was a British Army officer who served as Chief of the General Staff in India from 1937 to 1939. Military career Born the second son of Major General George Henry Ves ...

(1876–1975), British Army officer *

Jim Vesey James Edward Vesey, Sr. (born October 29, 1965) is an American former ice hockey player, who currently works as a scout for the Toronto Maple Leafs. He was a Division II-III Hobey Baker award winner at Merrimack in 1988. He played 15 games in t ...

(born 1965), American ice hockey player *

Jimmy Vesey James Michael Vesey (born May 26, 1993) is an American professional ice hockey left winger for the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected by the Nashville Predators in the third round, 66th overall, of the 201 ...

(born 1993), American ice hockey player *

John Vesey John Vesey or Veysey ( – 23 October 1554) was Bishop of Exeter from 1519 until his death in 1554, having been briefly deposed 1551–3 by King Edward VI for his opposition to the Reformation. Origins He was born (as "John Harman"), probab ...

(c. 1462–1554), English bishop *

John Vesey-Brown John Sidney Vesey-Brown (1899 – June 1976) was an English first-class cricketer, British Army officer and a director for the Mobil oil company. The son of C. S. Vesey-Brown, who was the electrical engineer for Lincoln, England, Lincoln, Vese ...

(1899–1976), English first-class cricketer, British Army officer and director of Mobil Oil Company * Muschamp Vesey (1688–1762), Irish Anglican priest *

Thomas Vesey Dawson Lt.-Col. Hon. Thomas Vesey Dawson (3 September 1819 – 5 November 1854) was an Irish Whig politician and army officer. He was the son of Richard Thomas Dawson, 2nd Baron Cremorne and Anne Elizabeth Emily née Whaley. In 1851, he married Hon ...

(1819–1854), Irish Whig politician and army officer *

William Vesey Rev. William Vesey (August 10, 1674 – July 11, 1746) was the first rector of Trinity Church in Manhattan. Early life and family Vesey was born in Braintree, Massachusetts, in 1674 , the son of William and Mary (Saunders) Vesey. The Vesey/V ...

(1674–1746), American clergyman

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