The surname Mainwaring ( or ) is an

Anglo-Norman Anglo-Norman may refer to: *Anglo-Normans, the medieval ruling class in England following the Norman conquest of 1066 * Anglo-Norman language **Anglo-Norman literature * Anglo-Norman England, or Norman England, the period in English history from 10 ...

territorial surname deriving from "Mesnil Warin" (or "Mesnilwarin", "Mesnilvarin", "Mesnil Varin"), from the village of Le Mesnil Varin (= "the manor of Warin"), now Saint-Paër,

Normandy Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern ...

. Notable people with the surname include:

People

Billy Mainwaring William Thomas Mainwaring (born Gwilym Thomas Mainwaring; 24 January 1941 – 1 April 2019) was a Welsh international second row rugby union player who played for Aberavon RFC. Rugby career Nurtured in his village team of Taibach RFC, Mainwar ...

(1941–2019), Welsh international second row rugby union player who played for

Aberavon RFC Aberavon RFC ( cy, Clwb Rygbi Aberafan) is a rugby union club located in the Welsh town of Port Talbot, though the club's name refers to the older settlement of Aberavon which lies on the western side of the town. The club was founded in 1876 ...

Chris Mainwaring Christopher Douglas Mainwaring (27 December 1965 – 1 October 2007) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL) and for the East Fremantle Football Club in the West Australian ...

(1965–2007), Australian rules footballer and TV presenter *

Daniel Mainwaring Daniel Mainwaring (February 27, 1902 – January 31, 1977) was an American novelist and screenwriter. Biography A native of Oakland, California, Mainwaring began his professional career as a journalist for the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' and enjoy ...

(1902–1977), American novelist and screenwriter *

George Mainwaring (1642-1695) George Mainwaring (bapt. 10 December 1642 - 14 August 1695) was an English Member of Parliament and a member of a distinguished family line from Cheshire. George Mainwaring was the third surviving son of Randle Mainwaring and his wife, Elizabeth ...

, English politician * George Boulton Mainwaring (c. 1773-unknown), British politician * Greg Manwaring (b. 1962), Classical animator, director, member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences * Lieutenant-Colonel Harry Mainwaring (1919–2014), who was awarded an MC in fierce fighting after D-Day in the Normandy Campaign *

Henry Mainwaring Sir Henry Mainwaring (1587–1653), was an English lawyer, soldier, writer, seaman and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1621 to 1622. He was for a time a pirate based in Newfoundland and then a naval officer with the Royal Navy. ...

(c. 1586-1653), pirate, lawyer, author and diplomat *

John Mainwaring __NOTOC__ John Mainwaring (1724 – 15 April 1807) was an English theologian and the first biographer of the composer Georg Friedrich Händel in any language. He was a Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, and parish priest, and later a prof ...

(1724–1807), English theologian and first biographer of the composer Georg Friedrich Händel *

Marion Mainwaring Marion Jessie Mainwaring (April 21, 1922 – December 12, 2015) was an American writer, translator, and critic. Mainwaring is best known as the author who completed Edith Wharton's novel ''The Buccaneers'', published in 1993. She earlier assisted ...

(1922–2015), American novelist *

Matty Mainwaring Matthew Thomas Mainwaring (born 28 March 1990) is a British model. He is a former professional boxer and former professional footballer. Football career Club career Stockport County Born in Salford, Mainwaring, came through Preston North E ...

(b. 1990), English footballer and boxer *

Sam Mainwaring Samuel Mainwaring (15 December 1841 – 29 September 1907) was a Welsh machinist and socialist political activist who was a founding member and key leader of the Socialist League, one of the first socialist political parties in Britain. In his ...

(1841–1907), Welsh socialist and syndicalist trade union activist *

William Mainwaring William Henry Mainwaring (1884 – 18 May 1971) was a Welsh people, Welsh coal miner, lecturer and trade unionist, who became a long-serving Labour Party (UK), Labour Party Member of Parliament. Both as a trade unionist and a politician he strugg ...

(1884–1971), British miner and politician *

William Mainwaring (English politician) William Mainwaring (6 Oct 1735 – 28 February 1821) was the MP for Middlesex from 1784 and chairman of the Middlesex and Westminster Quarter Sessions for a similar period.Jeremy Black; George III: America's Last King'; Yale University Press, 20 ...

(1735–1821), English politician, father of George Boulton Mainwaring * Ranulph Mainwaring,

Justice of Chester The Justice of Chester was the chief judicial authority for the county palatine of Chester, from the establishment of the county until the abolition of the Great Sessions in Wales and the palatine judicature in 1830. Within the County Palatine (w ...

in the reign of

Richard I Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199) was King of England from 1189 until his death in 1199. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Aquitaine and Gascony, Lord of Cyprus, and Count of Poitiers, Anjou, Maine, and Nantes, and was overl ...

(1189–1199) * Sam Mainwaring, Jr., labor activist in Britain, South Africa and the United States; nephew of Sam Mainwaring

In fiction

Captain George Mainwaring Captain George Mainwaring () is a fictional Home Guard captain, first portrayed by Arthur Lowe in the BBC television sitcom ''Dad's Army''. In the 2016 movie he is played by Toby Jones and in the 2019 remake of three missing episodes he is p ...

, commander of the Home Guard platoon in the BBC sitcom ''Dad's Army'' :*

Elizabeth Mainwaring ''Dad's Army'' is a British television sitcom about the United Kingdom's Home Guard during the Second World War. It was written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, and originally broadcast on BBC1 from 31 July 1968 to 13 November 1977. It ran for ...

, Captain Mainwaring's wife :*

Barry Mainwaring ''Dad's Army'' is a British television British sitcom, sitcom about the United Kingdom's Home Guard (United Kingdom), Home Guard during the World War II, Second World War. It was written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft (TV producer), David Crof ...

, Captain Mainwaring's long-lost brother * Lil Mainwaring, In Movie "Marnie" - Alfred Hitcock's movie - Sean Connery's Main Line Philadelphia former sister in law

Transportation

* ''Mainwaring'' (HBC vessel), operated by the HBC from 1807-1820, see Hudson's Bay Company vessels

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