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, originating from the lands of Carruthers in Dumfriesshire. The place name is derived from the Cumbric elements ''caer'' ("fort") and ''Rhydderch'' (a personal name perhaps meaning "red ruler"), and so meaning " Rhydderch's fort", possibly in reference to Riderch I of Alt Clut. As of 19 August 2019, Dr Simon Peter Carruthers of Holmains, 22nd of his line, was confirmed as Chief of the Name and Arms of Carruthers by the Lord Lyon King of Arms in Edinburgh, Scotland.Carruthers
courtofthelordlyon.scot. Accessed 1 November 2023. The family and clan are represented internationally by the Clan Carruthers Society (International)(CCS(I)) The Society was founded in January 2017 and is officially recognised by the Chief of Carruthers as representing the worldwide Carruthers family and the home of his clan. It has regional representatives in Africa, Australia, Canada, Europe, U.K. and the US. CCS(I) is non-commercial, apolitical and non-partisan and is open to any member of the international Carruthers family and derivatives of that name. The Society is based in the United Kingdom, but is represented by an international Executive Council made up of senior members from the regions. In Louisiana, ''Carruthers'' has evolved into ''Credeur'', a gallicized form of the name; it is a common surname today in the southern part of the state.

Notable people with the surname

* Bob Caruthers (1864–1911), American Major League Baseball player * Chris Carruthers (born 1983), English footballer * David Carruthers (born 1957), British businessman * David Carruthers, Canadian curler * Sir David Carruthers (born 1940/41), New Zealand judge * Douglas Carruthers (1882–1962), British soldier, explorer, and naturalist * Elizabeth Carruthers (born 1951), Canadian diver *

George Carruthers George Robert Carruthers (October 1, 1939 – December 26, 2020) was an African American inventor, physicist, engineer and space scientist. Carruthers perfected a compact and very powerful ultraviolet camera/spectrograph for NASA to use when it ...

(born 1953), Convenor, Clan Carruthers Society *

George Robert Carruthers George Robert Carruthers (October 1, 1939 – December 26, 2020) was an African American inventor, physicist, engineer and space scientist. Carruthers perfected a compact and very powerful ultraviolet camera/spectrograph for NASA to use when it ...

(born 1939), American physicist and inventor *

Ian Carruthers Sir Ian James Carruthers is a former senior director for the National Health Service (NHS). Having first joined the NHS in 1969 as an administrator at Garlands Hospital, Carlisle, he rose through a career which included six months as the interi ...

, British National Health Service manager * Jimmy Carruthers (1929–1990), Australian world champion boxer * John Carruthers (disambiguation), multiple people * Joseph Carruthers (1857–1932), Premier of New South Wales 1904 to 1907 * Kel Carruthers (born 1938), Australian former world champion Grand Prix *

Kitty Carruthers Caitlin A. "Kitty" Carruthers (born May 30, 1961) is a former American pair skater. With her adoptive brother, Peter Carruthers, she won a 1984 Olympic Silver medal, a 1982 World Bronze medal, and had been a four-time (1981-1984) United States ...

(born 1961), American pairs figure skater * Mark Carruthers (born 1965), British talk show host on BBC *

Pamela Carruthers Pamela Isabel Jameson Carruthers (née Torrie, 11 August 1916 – 23 September 2009), was a British showjumper, and showjumping course designer, and "had a profound influence on show jumping courses in many parts of the world". Early life She was b ...

(1916–2009), British showjumping course designer * Peter Carruthers (philosopher) (born 1952), British philosopher * Peter Carruthers (figure skater) (born 1959), American pairs figure skater * Peter A. Carruthers (1935–1997), American physicist * Reid Carruthers (born 1984), Canadian curler *

Robert Carruthers Robert Carruthers (1799–1878) was a Scottish journalist and miscellaneous writer. He was born in Dumfriesshire and was for a time a teacher in Huntingdon. He wrote a ''History of Huntingdon'' in 1824. In 1828 he became editor of the ''Inverne ...

(1799–1878), Scottish journalist and writer *

Robert L. Caruthers Robert Looney Caruthers (July 31, 1800 – October 2, 1882) was an American judge, politician, and professor. He helped establish Cumberland University in 1842, serving as the first president of its board of trustees, and was a cofounder of ...

(1800–1882), American politician and judge, governor of Tennessee * Samir Carruthers (born 1993), Irish footballer *

Steffi Carruthers Steffi Faasusivaitele Hearthington Carruthers (born 24 May 1993) is a Samoan former tennis player. She is the first Samoan woman to play professional tennis and the first Pacific Oceanian player to win a professional tournament. Carruthers is fr ...

(born 1993), Samoan tennis player *

Stuart Carruthers Stuart Cameron Carruthers (born 31 March 1970 in Melbourne, Victoria) is a former field hockey player from Australia, who was a member of the Men's National Hockey Team that won the bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. ...

(born 1970 ) Australian field hockey player *

Thomas N. Carruthers Thomas Neely Carruthers (June 10, 1900 – June 12, 1960) was bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina (before 2012), Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina, serving from 1944 to 1960. Early life and education Carruthers was born on June 10 ...

(1900–1960), Episcopal bishop of South Carolina *

Thomas Caruthers Thomas Caruthers (c. 1818–1867), also spelled as Thomas Carothers, was an American politician who served in the Texas House of Representatives for the counties of Grimes, Montgomery and Walker, for the period 1847–1849. His committee assignme ...

(c. 1818–1867), Texas politician *

Wallace Bruce Matthews Carruthers Major Wallace Bruce Matthews Carruthers (February 13, 1863 – October 21, 1910) was an officer of the Canadian Militia (now the Canadian Army) and the founder of the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals. Education Born in Kingston, OntarioKingston ...

(1863–1910), Canadian soldier and founder of the Canadian Signal Corps * William Carruthers (1830–1922), British botanist * Will Carruthers (born 1967), alternative rock musician

Fictional characters

*Carruthers, protagonist of Robert Erskine Childers's novel ''

Riddle of the Sands ''The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service'' is a 1903 novel by Erskine Childers. The book, which enjoyed immense popularity in the years before World War I, is an early example of the espionage novel and was extremely influentia ...

'' *Bob Carruthers, a character from the Sherlock Holmes story '' The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist'' *Elizabeth and Peter Carruthers, a married couple; she inherits his trading firm, Carruthers & Co., in the 2016 Discovery Channel/Netflix series ''

Frontier A frontier is the political and geographical area near or beyond a boundary. A frontier can also be referred to as a "front". The term came from French in the 15th century, with the meaning "borderland"—the region of a country that fronts o ...

'' *Georgie Carruthers, protagonist of Ruby Dixon novel ''

Ice Planet Barbarians ''Ice Planet Barbarians'' is a series of science fantasy romance/erotica novels by Ruby Dixon. The series began with the novel ''Ice Planet Barbarians'', which Dixon originally self-published in April 2015. The novel was re-published in print ...

'' *Luis Carruthers, a character in the 1991 novel and 2000 film ''

American Psycho ''American Psycho'' is a novel by Bret Easton Ellis, published in 1991. The story is told in the first person by Patrick Bateman, a serial killer and Manhattan investment banker. Alison Kelly of ''The Observer'' notes that while "some countr ...

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Notable people with the surname

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