Mainwaring
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The surname Mainwaring is an Anglo-Norman
territorial surname deriving from "Mesnil Warin" (or "Mesnilwarin", "Mesnilvarin", "Mesnil Varin"), from the village of Le Mesnil Varin (= "the manor of Warin"), now Saint-Paër
, Normandy
. It may refer to:
Anglo-Norman
The Anglo-Normans were mainly the descendants of the Normans who ruled England following the Norman conquest by William the Conqueror in 1066. A small number of Normans were already settled in England prior to the conquest...
territorial surname deriving from "Mesnil Warin" (or "Mesnilwarin", "Mesnilvarin", "Mesnil Varin"), from the village of Le Mesnil Varin (= "the manor of Warin"), now Saint-Paër
Saint-Paër
Saint-Paër is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.-Geography:A farming village situated by the banks of the Austreberthe River in the Pays de Caux, some northwest of Rouen at the junction of the D5, D63 and the D86 roads.-Population:-Places...
, Normandy
Normandy
Normandy is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. It is in France.The continental territory covers 30,627 km² and forms the preponderant part of Normandy and roughly 5% of the territory of France. It is divided for administrative purposes into two régions:...
. It may refer to:
- Chris MainwaringChris MainwaringChris Douglas Mainwaring was an Australian rules footballer. He played for the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League and East Fremantle in the West Australian Football League...
(1965–2007), Australian rules footballer and TV presenter - Daniel MainwaringDaniel MainwaringDaniel Mainwaring was a novelist and screenwriter. A native of Oakland, California, he began his professional career as a journalist for the San Francisco Chronicle and enjoyed a successful career as a mystery novelist...
(1902–1977), American novelist and screenwriter - George Boulton MainwaringGeorge Boulton MainwaringGeorge Boulton Mainwaring was a Tory MP for Middlesex, a position that had also been held by his father William Mainwaring.Mainwaring is thought to have been born in 1773. He was the son of William Mainwaring....
(c. 1773-unknown), British politician - Henry MainwaringHenry MainwaringSir Henry Mainwaring , was an English pirate, naval officer with the Royal Navy, and author.- Early life :Henry Mainwaring was born in Ightfield in Shropshire, second son of Sir George Mainwaring and his wife Ann, the daughter of Sir William More of Loseley Park in Surrey. His maternal grandfather...
(c. 1586-1653), pirate, lawyer, author and diplomat - Marion MainwaringMarion MainwaringMarion Mainwaring is an American writer, translator, and critic.Mainwaring is best known as the author who completed Edith Wharton's novel The Buccaneers, published in 1993. She earlier assisted R. W. B. Lewis in researching his Pulitzer- and Bancroft-prize-winning 1976 biography of Wharton...
(b. 1922), American novelist - Matty MainwaringMatty MainwaringMatthew Thomas Mainwaring is an English football player who is a free agent, having been released by mutual consent by Stockport County in September 2011.-Career:...
(b. 1990), English footballer - Ranulph Mainwaring, Justice of ChesterJustice of ChesterThe Justice of Chester was the chief judicial authority for the County Palatine of Chester, from the establishment of the county until the abolition of the Great Sessions in Wales and the palatine judicature in 1830....
in the reign of Richard I (1189-1199) - Sam MainwaringSam MainwaringSamuel "Sam" Mainwaring was a Welsh machinist and socialist political activist who was a founding member and key leader of the Socialist League, one of the first Marxist political parties in Britain. In his later years he turned from Marxist socialism to the libertarian socialist doctrine of...
(1841–1907), Welsh socialist and syndicalist trade union activist - Sam Mainwaring, Jr., labor activist in Britain, South Africa and the United States; nephew of Sam Mainwaring
- William Henry MainwaringWilliam MainwaringWilliam Henry Mainwaring was a British coal miner, lecturer and trade unionist, who became a long-serving Labour Party Member of Parliament. Both as a trade unionist and a politician he struggled, largely successfully to counter Communist influence...
(1884–1971), British miner and politician - William Mainwaring (English politician)William Mainwaring (English politician)William Mainwaring was, the MP for Middlesex from 1784 and chairman of the Middlesex and Westminster Quarter Sessions for a similar period.In the 1802 General election, he was opposed by the radical Francis Burdett. Mainwaring had previously resisted Burdett's calls for an inquiry into prison...
(in office 1786-1802), English politician, father of George Boulton Mainwaring
In fiction
- Captain George MainwaringCaptain George MainwaringCaptain George Mainwaring is the bank manager and Home Guard platoon commander portrayed by Arthur Lowe on the BBC television sitcom Dad's Army, set in the fictional seaside town of Walmington-on-Sea during the Second World War...
, commander of the Home Guard platoon in the BBC sitcom Dad's Army - Elizabeth Mainwaring, Captain George Mainwaring's wife
- Barry Mainwaring, Captain George Mainwaring's long-lost brother
See also
- Bertred Mainwaring, wife of Henry de Aldithley/AudleyBaron AudleyThe title Baron Audley was first created on 8 January 1313 by writ in the Peerage of England for Nicholas Audley of Heighley Castle a member of the Audley family of Staffordshire.....
and Audley-Stanley familyAudley-Stanley familyThe Audley-Stanley family is a family with many notable members including the Earls of Derby who are descended from the early holders of Audley, Staffordshire. The first mention of Audley is in the Domesday book of 1086, when it was called Aldidelege , when the lands were held by an English thegn... - ManwaringManwaringThe surname Manwaring may refer to:*George Manwaring*Hyrum Manwaring*Kirt Manwaring, professional baseball player*Robert Manwaring, famous furniture designer of the 19th century...