Cawthorne or Cawthorn is a
toponymic surname
A toponymic surname or topographic surname is a surname derived from a place name. related to the village of
Cawthorne
Cawthorne is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. The village was once a centre of the iron and coal mining industry; today it is part of an affluent commuter belt west of Barnsley. A ...
in South Yorkshire, England,
or alternatively the village of Cawthorn in North Yorkshire, England. It also means a region of Yorkshire where there are many thorned plants and the climate is cold. The linguistic origin of the surname is the
Old English
Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Anglo ...
(Anglo-Saxon) ''cald-thorne'' meaning "cold (or exposed) thorn-tree".
Other documented variants of this surname include
Cawthon, Corthorn and Cawthron.
People named Cawthorne or Cawthorn include:
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Charles Cawthorne (1854–1925), music promoter, a founder of Cawthorne and Co.
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Harry Cawthorne (born 1900), English footballer
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James Cawthorn
James Cawthorn (sometimes spelt Cawthorne) was born in Sheffield on 4 November 1719 and died in Tonbridge on 15 April 1761. A school master in holy orders, he was a minor English poet and imitator of Alexander Pope.
Life
James Cawthorn was the ...
(1719–1761), minor English poet and school master
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Joe T. Cawthorn
Joe T. Cawthorn (October 1, 1911 – November 11, 1967) was an American politician. He served as a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the Louisiana State Senate.
Cawthorn was born in Selma, Grant Parish, Louisiana. He gradua ...
(1911–1987), American politician
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Joseph Cawthorn
Joseph Bridger Cawthorn (March 29, 1868 – January 21, 1949) was an American stage and film comic actor.
Biography
Born on March 29, 1868, in New York City to a minstrel-show family, Cawthorn started out in show business as a child, debu ...
(1867–1949), American stage and film actor
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Madison Cawthorn
David Madison Cawthorn (born August 1, 1995) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 11th congressional district from 2021 to 2023. Cawthorn became the first member of Congress born in the 1990s and ...
(born 1995), American politician
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Minnie Elizabeth Cawthorn (1898–1966), Australian headmistress and aviatrix
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Rachel Cawthorn
Rachel Cawthorn (born 3 November 1988) is a British sprint canoer who has competed since the late 2000s. Cawthorn, representing Great Britain at the London 2012 Olympics, is a double Olympic finalist in the Women's K1 and K4 events.
Life and ...
(born 1988), British sprint canoer
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Rupert Cawthorne
Rupert Cawthorne (13 April 1879 – 1965) was an English professional association football, footballer who played as a centre half or full back (association football), full back. He played in the English Football League, Football League for Dar ...
, early 20th-century English footballer
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Sam Cawthorn (born 1979), Australian author and entrepreneur
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W. A. Cawthorne (1825–1897), schoolmaster in South Australia, father of Charles
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Walter Cawthorn
Major General Sir Walter Joseph Cawthorn, (11 June 1896 – 4 December 1970) was an Australian soldier and diplomat, commonly known as a former head of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS).
Early life
Walter Joseph Cawthorn was bo ...
(1896–1970), Australian major general and diplomat
See also
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John Fenton-Cawthorne
John Fenton-Cawthorne (5 January 1753 – 1 March 1831) was a British Conservative politician, who served as MP for Lincoln between 1783 and 1796 and as MP for Lancaster for four terms in the early 19th century.
Fenton-Cawthorne was born in 1 ...
(1753–1851), British Conservative Member of Parliament
References
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English toponymic surnames