Girdlestone is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Charles Girdlestone (1797–1881), English clergyman and biblical commentator
* (Charlotte) Hester Girdlestone (born 1911), mother of
Stephen Oliver (composer)
Stephen Michael Harding Oliver (10 March 1950 – 29 April 1992) was an English composer, best known for his operas.
Early life and education
Oliver was born on 10 March 1950 in Chester, the son of (Charlotte Hester) (née Girdlestone, bo ...
(1950–1992) and grandmother of
John Oliver
John William Oliver (born 23 April 1977) is a British-American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host. Oliver started his career as a stand-up comedian in the United Kingdom. He came to wider attention ...
(b. 1977)
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Cuthbert Girdlestone
Cuthbert Morton Girdlestone (17 September 1895 – 10 December 1975) was a British musicologist and literary scholar.
Born in Bovey Tracey, Devon, he was educated at Cambridge and the Sorbonne, and thereafter took up the chair in French in Ar ...
(1895–1975), British musicologist
* Dylan Girdlestone (born 1989), South African cyclist
* Errol Girdlestone (born 1945), British music conductor
* Gathorne Robert Girdlestone (1881–1950), English orthopaedic surgeon, son of Robert Baker Girdlestone
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Henry Girdlestone
Rev. Henry Girdlestone, M.A. (5 July 1863 – 29 June 1926), often referred to as Canon Girdlestone, was head master of St Peter's College from 1894 to 1916 and of Melbourne Grammar School from 1917 to 1919.
History
Girdlestone was born at Penkri ...
(1863–1926), headmaster of St Peter's College, Adelaide, South Australia
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Robert Baker Girdlestone
Robert Baker Girdlestone (1836–1923) was an Anglican cleric who ministered at St John's Downshire Hill, Hampstead. He studied at Charterhouse, London, and Christ Church, Oxford, and was first principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. A Hebrew schola ...
(1836–1923), English lexicographer, son of Charles Girdlestone
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Thomas Girdlestone
Thomas Girdlestone ( Holt, Norfolk, 1758 – 25 June 1822) was an English physician and writer.