Cawthorne (surname)

Cawthorne is a toponymic surname related to the village of Cawthorne in South Yorkshire, England,[1] or alternatively the village of Cawthorn in North Yorkshire, England.[2] The linguistic origin of the surname is the Old English cald-thorne meaning "cold (or exposed) thorn-tree".[3]

For the defunct South Australian music business, see Cawthorne and Co.

Among the documented variants of this surname are Cawthorn, Cawthon, Corthorn and Cawthron.[1]

• Charles Cawthorne (1854–1925), music promoter, a founder of Cawthorne and Co.
• Harry Cawthorne (born 1900), English footballer
• Rupert Cawthorne, early 20th-century English footballer
• W. A. Cawthorne (1825–1897), schoolmaster in South Australia, father of Charles

Cawthorn

• Joe T. Cawthorn (1911–1967), American politician
• Joseph Cawthorn (1867–1949), American stage and film actor
• Rachel Cawthorn (born 1988), British sprint canoer
• Walter Cawthorn (1896–1970), Australian major general and diplomat

See also

• John Fenton-Cawthorne (1753–1851), British Conservative Member of Parliament
• Thomas Cawthron (1833–1915), New Zealand businessman and philanthropist

References

1. Bardsley, Charles W. E. (1901). A dictionary of English and Welsh surnames. Henry Frowde. p. 166. ISBN 978-5-87114-401-5.
2. "Cawthorne Name Meaning & Cawthorne Family History". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
3. Brown, Samuel L. (1967). Surnames are the Fossils of Speech. p. 52.