Featherstonhaugh

Featherstonhaugh /ˈfænʃɔː/ FAN-shaw (also spelt Fetherstonhaugh and Featherstonehaugh) is an English surname. The name comes from Featherstonhaugh in Northumberland, from Old English feðere, "feather", stān, "stone", and healh, "corner".[1]

Notable people with this surname include:

• Francis Fetherstonhaugh (c. 1575 – after 1624), an English statesman
• George William Featherstonhaugh (1780–1866), an English-American geologist
• George William Featherstonhaugh, Jr. (1814–1900), an American legislator and businessman
• Godfrey Fetherstonhaugh (1859–1928), an Irish politician
• Frederick Barnard Fetherstonhaugh (1863–1945), a Canadian patent lawyer
• Constance Featherstonhaugh (later Benson; 1864–1946), an English actress
• Francis Featherstonhaugh Johnston (1891–1963), an Anglican bishop of Egypt
• Harold Lea Fetherstonhaugh (1887–1971), a Canadian architect
• Buddy Featherstonhaugh (1909–1976), an English jazz saxophonist
• Mary Featherstonhaugh Frampton (née Featherstonhaugh; 1928–2014), an English civil servant
• Robert Fetherstonhaugh (born 1932), an English cricketer
• Alexander Featherstonhaugh Wylie (born 1951), a judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland

Fetherstonhaugh baronets (1747)

• Sir Matthew Fetherstonhaugh (1714–1774), 1st Baronet
  • Sir Henry Fetherstonhaugh, known as Harry (1754–1846), 2nd Baronet

Artistic and fictional works

• The Featherstonehaughs, a British dance company
• "Cholmondeley Featherstonehaugh", an episode of the TV series Nanny and the Professor
• Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge, a fictional character in the short stories of P. G. Wodehouse

See also

• Fanshawe (disambiguation) (a normalized spelling of the same name)
• Featherstone Castle
• Featherstone (disambiguation)
• List of names in English with counterintuitive pronunciations
• List of places in England with counterintuitive pronunciations: A–L

References

1. Fancher, Patrick A. (2013). Diana, Princess of the Royal Forest of the Peak: From Domesday to Derbyshire with the Eyres, Fanshawes, Featherstonehaughs, and Fanchers. U.S.A.: Lulu. pp. 39–48.