Grindlay is a surname from northern and central England, most notably associated with the
Anglo
Anglo is a prefix indicating a relation to, or descent from, the Angles, England, English culture, the English people or the English language, such as in the term '' Anglosphere''. It is often used alone, somewhat loosely, to refer to people ...
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Scottish knightly
Grindlay family
The Grindlay family (Old English: Compound_(linguistics).html" "title="nowiki/>Compound (linguistics)">compound] ''Grēne''/''Grynde'' + ''Leāh''/''Leā'') is an ancient knightly family of England and Scotland, whose ancestry can be traced bac ...
. Notable people with the surname include:
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Alfred Robert Grindlay
Alfred Robert 'Bob' Grindlay CBE, JP (1 February 1876 – 14 April 1965) was an English inventor, industrialist and official during the 19th and 20th centuries. He co-founded Grindlay Peerless, the motorcycle engineering company and was M ...
(1876 – 1965), British inventor, industrialist and politician
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Alfred Stephen Chaplin Grindlay (b. 1909), British industrialist
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Bruce Grindlay
Bruce Grindlay (born 1967) is a British organist, conductor, teacher and was previously the Headmaster at Sutton Valence School.
Grindlay finished his schooling in Canada and studied at the Royal Canadian College of Organists as well as the Roya ...
(born 1967), British organist, conductor, teacher
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James G. Grindlay
James Glas Grindlay (February 14, 1840 – October 19, 1907) was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions during the Battle of Five Fork ...
(1840 – 1907), American Civil War veteran
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Reginald Robert Grindlay (1899 – 1965), British industrialist and prominent Freemason
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Robert Melville Grindlay
Captain Robert Melville Grindlay FRSA MRAS FZS FRHS FRBS (23 October 1786 – 9 December 1877) was a British soldier, artist, and banker during the 18th and 19th centuries. Born in London, England he served as an East India Company agent in t ...
(1786 – 1887), British soldier, artist and banker
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Stephen Grindlay (born 1982), Scottish footballer
See also
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Grindley (disambiguation)
References
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