Chadwick is an English surname of

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 ...

origin meaning “town or village of Chad”;and the surname originates in the parish of

Rochdale Rochdale ( ) is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, at the foothills of the South Pennines in the dale on the River Roch, northwest of Oldham and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough ...

where the family was given land in the township by

William the Conqueror William I; ang, WillelmI (Bates ''William the Conqueror'' p. 33– 9 September 1087), usually known as William the Conqueror and sometimes William the Bastard, was the first House of Normandy, Norman List of English monarchs#House of Norman ...

where the family lived for centuries within the village of Chadwick which bears its name, a combination of the given name

Ceadda Chad of Mercia (died 2 March 672) was a prominent 7th-century Anglo-Saxon Catholic monk who became abbot of several monasteries, Bishop of the Northumbrians and subsequently Bishop of the Mercians and Lindsey People. He was later canonised ...

, and the Old English word ''wic''. Notable people with the surname include: *

Andrés Chadwick Andrés Pío Bernardino Chadwick Piñera (born 2 January 1956) is a Chilean right-wing politician and lawyer, member of the Independent Democrat Union (UDI) party. He began his political career as a supporter of the Pinochet dictatorship, and was ...

(born 1956), Chilean politician *

Alan Chadwick Alan Chadwick (July 27, 1909 – May 25, 1980) an English master gardener, was a leading innovator of organic farming techniques and influential educator in the field of biodynamic/French intensive gardening. He was a student of Rudolf Stein ...

(1909–1980), English organic farming innovator *

Allan Chadwick Allan Chadwick is an Australian Paralympic shooter. At the 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Games, he won a gold medal in the Men's Rifle Prone – Tetraplegic (Aids) 1A–1C event. He also competed in shooting but did not win any medals at the ...

, Australian Paralympic shooter *

Arthur Chadwick Arthur Chadwick (July 1875 – 21 March 1936) was a professional footballer whose playing career as a centre-half included spells at Portsmouth and Southampton, before going on to be manager at Exeter City, Reading and Southampton. He also mad ...

(1875–1936), English footballer *

H. Beatty Chadwick H. Beatty Chadwick (born 1936) is the current American record holder for the longest time being held in civil contempt of court. In 1995, a judge ruled that Chadwick hid millions of U.S. dollars in overseas bank accounts so that he would not have ...

(born 1936), American jailed 14 years for civil contempt of court *

Cassie Chadwick Cassie L. Chadwick (10 October 1857 – 10 October 1907) was the most well-known pseudonym used by Canadian con artist Elizabeth Bigley, who defrauded several American banks out of millions of dollars during the late 1800s and early 1900s by c ...

(1857–1907), Canadian criminal *

Cy Chadwick Cy Chadwick (born 2 June 1969) is an English former actor, director, producer, and presenter. His most notable acting role was of Nick Bates in 720 episodes of the long-running British soap ''Emmerdale Farm'' from 1985 to 1996 and 1999. A year ...

(born 1969), British actor, director and producer *

Cyril Chadwick Cyril Chadwick (11 June 1879 – 3 November 1955) was an English actor of the silent era. He appeared in 70 films between 1913 and 1938. He was born in Kensington, London. Partial filmography * ''Doc'' (1914) - Eastman * ''Mrs. Black Is Ba ...

(1879-1955), English actor * David Chadwick (disambiguation), several people * Drew Chadwick, singer in American reggae pop band Emblem3 *

Edgar Chadwick Edgar Wallace Chadwick (14 June 1869 – 14 February 1942) was a left-sided footballer who had a long and distinguished career with Everton during the 1890s. He was also the national coach for the Netherlands from 1908 to 1913. His cousin, ...

(1869–1942), English footballer *Sir

Edwin Chadwick Sir Edwin Chadwick KCB (24 January 18006 July 1890) was an English social reformer who is noted for his leadership in reforming the Poor Laws in England and instituting major reforms in urban sanitation and public health. A disciple of Uti ...

(1800–1890), English social reformer *

Francis Brooks Chadwick Francis Brooks Chadwick (January 1, 1850–1942/43), was an American painter active in France. He was born in Boston and studied at Harvard, and to pursue his interest in art he attended the Académie Julian in Paris. He was friends with the ...

(1850–1942/43), American painter active in France *

Frank Chadwick Frank Chadwick is an American multiple-award-winning game designer and ''New York Times'' best selling author. He has designed hundreds of games, his most notable being the role-playing games ''En Garde!'', '' Space: 1889'' and ''Twilight 2000' ...

, American game designer and author *

French Ensor Chadwick Rear Admiral French Ensor Chadwick USN (February 29, 1844 – January 27, 1919) was a United States Navy officer who became prominent in the naval reform movement of the post-Civil War era. He was particularly noted for his contributions to nav ...

(1844–1919), United States Navy officer who contributed to naval education *

George Chadwick (bishop) George Alexander Chadwick DD (10 October 1840 – 29 December 1923) was the Bishop of Derry and Raphoe. Born on 10 October 1840 and educated at Trinity College, Dublin, he was ordained in 1863 and began his career as a curate at St Anne, Belfast ...

(1840–1923), Irish Anglican bishop and author *

George Whitefield Chadwick George Whitefield Chadwick (November 13, 1854 – April 4, 1931) was an American composer. Along with John Knowles Paine, Horatio Parker, Amy Beach, Arthur Foote, and Edward MacDowell, he was a representative composer of what is called the Se ...

(1854–1931), American Romantic composer * George B. Chadwick (1880–1961), American football player and coach *

Goretti Chadwick Goretti Chadwick is a Samoan-New Zealand stage and television actress, writer, director and tutor. Chadwick completed a Diploma in Stage and Screen Acting at Unitec Institute of Technology in Auckland, New Zealand. She has worked in theatre and ...

, Samoan-New Zealand stage and television actress, writer, director and tutor *

Guy Chadwick Guy Stephen Chadwick (born 21 March 1956) is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known as the frontman of alternative band the House of Love for which he wrote the majority of the band's material. The son of a soldier, Chadwick was ...

(born 1956), English singer, songwriter and guitarist *

Hector Munro Chadwick Hector Munro Chadwick (22 October 1870 – 2 January 1947) was an English philologist. Chadwick was the Elrington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon and the founder and head of the Department for Anglo-Saxon and Kindred Studies at the Uni ...

(1870–1947), English philologist and historian *

Helen Chadwick Helen Chadwick (18 May 1953 – 15 March 1996) was a British sculptor, photographer and installation artist. In 1987, she became one of the first women artists to be nominated for the Turner Prize. Chadwick was known for "challenging stereotypic ...

(1953–1996), British sculptor, photographer and installation artist * Henry Chadwick (disambiguation), several people *Sir

James Chadwick Sir James Chadwick, (20 October 1891 – 24 July 1974) was an English physicist who was awarded the 1935 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of the neutron in 1932. In 1941, he wrote the final draft of the MAUD Report, which inspi ...

(1891–1974), English physicist, recipient of the 1935 Nobel Prize in physics for the discovery of the neutron *

James Read Chadwick James Read Chadwick (November 2, 1844 – September 23, 1905) was an American gynecologist and medical librarian remembered for describing the Chadwick sign of early pregnancy in 1887. Early life and education Chadwick was born in Boston on Nov ...

(1844–1905), American gynecologist and medical librarian *

Jamie Chadwick Jamie Laura Chadwick (born 20 May 1998) is a British racing driver who races for Andretti Autosport in Indy NXT. She won the inaugural W Series season in 2019, before retaining her title in 2021 and 2022. She currently holds the records for t ...

(born 1998), English racing driver *

Jeff Chadwick Jeffrey Allan Chadwick (born December 16, 1960), is a former professional American football player. A 6'3", 185-lb. wide receiver from Grand Valley State University, Chadwick was never drafted by a National Football League The Natio ...

(born 1960), American football player * Jeffrey R. Chadwick, American archeologist *

John White Chadwick John White Chadwick (October 19, 1840 – December 11, 1904) was an American writer and clergyman of the Unitarian Church. Biography He was born in Marblehead, Massachusetts. He was apprenticed to a shoemaker early in life, but decided to furt ...

(1840–1904), American writer and Unitarian clergyman *

John Chadwick John Chadwick, (21 May 1920 – 24 November 1998) was an English linguist and classical scholar who was most notable for the decipherment, with Michael Ventris, of Linear B. Early life, education and wartime service John Chadwick was born at ...

(1920–1998), English linguist and classical scholar, co-decipherer of the Linear B script *Sir

John Chadwick (judge) Sir John Murray Chadwick PC (born 20 January 1941) is a retired English Lord Justice of Appeal. He also served as the President of the Court of Appeal of the Cayman Islands, and as a judge of the Dubai International Financial Centre court. S ...

(born 1941), British judge *

June Chadwick June Chadwick (born 30 November 1951, Warwickshire) is an English film and television actress. Her best-known television roles are as Lydia in the science fiction TV series '' V: The Series'', and as Lt. Joanna Parisi on the third season of the s ...

(born 1951), English actress *

Justin Chadwick Justin Chadwick (born 6 December 1968) is an English actor and television and film director. He directed episodes of ''EastEnders'', ''Byker Grove'', ''The Bill'', '' Spooks'' and '' Red Cap'' before directing nine of the fifteen episodes of t ...

(born 1968), English actor and director * Kate Morgan Chadwick, American actress and singer *

Les Chadwick John Leslie Chadwick (11 May 1943 – 26 December 2019), was an English bassist, who was a founding member of Gerry and the Pacemakers. Chadwick was born in Aigburth, Liverpool, Lancashire (now Merseyside), England. Career His bass gui ...

(1943–2019), English bass guitarist *

Luke Chadwick Luke Harry Chadwick (born 18 November 1980) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Chadwick began his career at Manchester United where he made 25 Premier League appearances in four seasons. While at Old Traffo ...

(born 1980), English footballer *

Lynn Chadwick Lynn Russell Chadwick, (24 November 1914 – 25 April 2003) was an English sculptor and artist. Much of his work is semi-abstract sculpture in bronze or steel. His work is in the collections of MoMA in New York, the Tate in London and th ...

(1914–2003), English artist and sculptor * Margaret Lee Chadwick (1893–1984), nonfiction author, founder and headmistress of the

Chadwick School Chadwick School is a nonsectarian independent K-12 day school located in an unincorporated area on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Specifically it is located at the top of the neighborhood referred t ...

Maureen Chadwick Maureen Chadwick is a British screenwriter, dramatist and television producer responsible, alone and with her writing partner Ann McManus, for a number of popular award-winning and sometimes controversial British television series including '' Ba ...

(born 1959), English screenwriter and dramatist * Miles Chadwick (1880–1940), English footballer * Nick Chadwick (born 1982), English footballer and coach *

Nora K. Chadwick Nora Kershaw Chadwick Commander of the Order of the British Empire, CBE Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, FSA Fellow of the British Academy, FBA (28 January 1891 – 24 April 1972) was an English philologist who specialized in Anglo-Saxon, Ce ...

(1891–1972), English medievalist *

Owen Chadwick William Owen Chadwick (20 May 1916 – 17 July 2015) was a British Anglican priest, academic, rugby international,Peter Chadwick (cricketer) (born 1934), English cricketer *

Paul Chadwick Paul Chadwick (born 1957) is an American comic book creator best known for his series ''Concrete'' about a normal man trapped in a stone body. Biography Born in Seattle, Chadwick grew up in its suburb Medina, where his father, Stephen F. Chadw ...

(born 1957), American comic-book creator *

Paul Chadwick (author) Paul Chadwick (1902–1972) was a pulp magazine author who wrote many stories under his own name and various pseudonyms. As was the case with many prolific contributors to the pulps, he wrote in a number of different genres including detective s ...

(1902–1972), American pulp magazine author * Rachael Chadwick (born 1990), English professional squash player *

Robert Chadwick Robert John Montague Chadwick (16 October 1879 – 11 March 1939), sometimes known as Monty Chadwick, was a New Zealand sportsman. He played first-class cricket for Otago and Hawke's Bay. Chadwick was born at Dunedin in 1879. He worked as ...

(1879–1939), New Zealand cricketer *

Robert Chadwick (Pennsylvania politician) Robert M. Chadwick (November 23, 1833 – April 21, 1902) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for Delaware County from 1881 to 1888. Early life Chadwick was ...

(1833-1902), American politician * Robert E. Lee Chadwick (1930–2014), American anthropologist and archaeologist *

Roy Chadwick Roy Chadwick, CBE, FRSA, FRAeS (30 April 1893 – 23 August 1947) was an aircraft design engineer for the Avro Company. Born at Marsh Hall Farm, Farnworth, Widnes, the son of the mechanical engineer Charles Chadwick, he was the chief designer f ...

(1893–1947), British aircraft design engineer *

Samuel Chadwick Samuel Chadwick (1860–1932) was a Wesleyan Methodist minister. He served as President of the Wesleyan Methodist Conference, 1918–1919. Early life Samuel Chadwick was born in Burnley, Lancashire in the industrialised north of England into a ...

(1860–1932), English Methodist minister * Sarah Chadwick (born 1960), Australian actress * Sarah Chadwick (activist) (born 2001), American activist against gun violence * Stephanie Chadwick (born 1948), New Zealand politician *

Stephen F. Chadwick Stephen Fowler Chadwick (December 25, 1825 – January 15, 1895) was an American Democratic politician

(1825–1895), American Democratic politician * Stephen J. Chadwick (1863–1931), Justice of the Washington Supreme Court *

Trevor Chadwick Trevor Chadwick (22April 190723December 1979) was a British humanitarian who was involved in the ''Kindertransport'' to rescue Jewish and other refugee children in Czechoslovakia in 1938–1939 before World War II. After the Munich Agreement Naz ...

, (1907-1979), Refugee worker in Czechoslovakia, 1939 *

E. Wallace Chadwick E. Wallace Chadwick (January 17, 1884 – August 18, 1969) was an American politician from Indiana who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district from 1947 to 1949. E. Wallac ...

(1884–1969), American politician * W. D. Chadwick (1883–1934), American football, baseball and basketball coach

Fictional characters

* Chadwick, character in ''

Jamaica Inn The Jamaica Inn is a traditional inn on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall in the UK, which was built as a coaching inn in 1750, and has a historical association with smuggling. Located just off the A30, near the middle of the moor close to the hamle ...

'' (1939) * Dr. Chadwick, character and antagonist in ''

Ben 10 ''Ben 10'' is an American media franchise created by Man of Action Studios, produced by Cartoon Network Studios and owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. The series centers on a boy named Ben Tennyson who acquires the Omnitrix, an alien device rese ...

'' (2005-2008) * Louis Chadwick, character in '' The White Shadow'' (1924) * Rikki Chadwick, character in H2O: Just Add Water (TV series 2006–2010)

References

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