Le Mesurier, LeMesurier, Lemesurier, Le Masurier and Le Messurier are variant spellings of a
surname
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originating in the
Channel Islands
The Channel Islands ( nrf, Îles d'la Manche; french: îles Anglo-Normandes or ''îles de la Manche'') are an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They include two Crown Dependencies: the Bailiwick of Jersey, ...
. Notable people with the name include:
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Gerald Le Mesurier (1914–1943), South African flying ace of World War II
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Henry LeMessurier (1848–1931), Newfoundland civil servant and politician
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James Le Mesurier
James Gustaf Edward Le Mesurier (25 May 1971 – 11 November 2019) was the British co-founder of the White Helmets (Syrian civil war), White Helmets, a volunteer civil defence organisation in the Syrian Civil War, founded in southern Turkey in ...
(1971–2019), British army officer and co-founder of the White Helmets
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Joan Le Mesurier
Joan Dorothy Le Mesurier (née Long, formerly Malin; 3 July 1931 – 9 July 2021) was an English actress and author who was the widow and biographer of the actor John Le Mesurier.
Joan Long was born in Oldham, Lancashire. She was brought up in Ra ...
(1932–2021), English actress
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John Le Masurier (fl. 1950s - 1960s), British athletics coach
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John Le Mesurier
John Le Mesurier (, born John Elton Le Mesurier Halliley; 5 April 191215 November 1983) was an English actor. He is perhaps best remembered for his comedic role as Sergeant Arthur Wilson in the BBC television situation co ...
(1912–1983), English actor
* John Le Mesurier (born 1933/34), English carpet salesman and alleged conspirator in the
Thorpe affair
The Thorpe affair of the 1970s was a British political and sex scandal that ended the career of Jeremy Thorpe, the leader of the Liberal Party and Member of Parliament (MP) for North Devon. The scandal arose from allegations by Norman Josiffe (o ...
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John Le Mesurier (Alderney)
John Le Mesurier (1781–1843) was a soldier and governor of Alderney. He resigned his patent to the crown in 1825 and was the last hereditary Governor of Alderney.
Life
John le Mesurier was born on 7 July 1781, the eldest son of Peter Le Mesu ...
(1781–1843), last hereditary governor of Alderney, Channel Islands
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John Lemesurier
John Lemesurier (or Le Mesurier or LeMesurier) (28 January 1826 — 26 June 1891) was a Canadian politician, serving as Mayor of Quebec City from January 1868 to November 1869.Kathleen Le Messurier
Kathleen Le Messurier was a female tennis player from Australia who was active in the 1920s and 1930s.
Le Messurier was the youngest daughter of Ernest and Jessie Le Messurier. She played competitive tennis for the Methodist Ladies College and ...
(fl. 1932), Australian tennis player
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Nicolas Le Messurier (fl. 1960s), American sound engineer
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Paul Le Mesurier (1755 – 9 December 1805), British merchant, politician and Lord Mayor of London
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Robert Le Masurier
Sir Robert Hugh Le Masurier (29 December 1913 – 30 July 1996) was Bailiff of Jersey from 1962 to 1974. He was knighted in the 1966 Birthday Honours
The Queen's Birthday Honours 1966 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen ...
(1913–1996), Bailiff of Jersey, Channel Islands
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Robin Le Mesurier (1953–2021), British guitarist
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Thomas Le Mesurier (priest, born 1756)
Rev. Thomas Le Mesurier (28 August 1756 – 14 July 1822) was a British lawyer, cleric and polemicist.
He was born on Alderney, in the Channel Islands, the fourth son of John Le Mesurier, Hereditary Governor of that island. Educated at New College ...
(1756–1822), British lawyer, cleric and polemicist
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Thomas Le Mesurier (aviator) (1897–1918), British World War I flying ace
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William LeMessurier
William "Bill" James LeMessurier, Jr. (; June 12, 1926 – June 14, 2007) was a prominent American structural engineer.
Early life and education
Born in Pontiac, Michigan, Bill was the youngest of four children of Bertha (Sherman) and Wil ...
(1926–2007), American structural engineer
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