Oakeshott is a surname, and may refer to: *

Ewart Oakeshott Ronald Ewart Oakeshott (25 May 1916 – 30 September 2002) was a British illustrator, collector, and amateur historian who wrote prodigiously on medieval arms and armour. He was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, a Founder Member of the Ar ...

(1916–2002), British illustrator, collector, and amateur historian *

Grace Oakeshott Grace Oakeshott (born Grace Cash, later Joan Reeve; 1872–1929) was a British activist for women's rights who faked her own death in 1907 and emigrated to New Zealand with her lover, Walter Reeve. Grace Cash was born in 1872. She married Harold ...

(died 1929), British activist for women's rights *

Isabel Oakeshott Isabel Euphemia Oakeshott (born 12 June 1974) is a British political journalist and broadcaster. She was the political editor of ''The Sunday Times'' and is the co-author, with Michael Ashcroft, of an unauthorised biography of former British ...

is a British political journalist and non-fiction author *

Matthew Oakeshott, Baron Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay Matthew Alan Oakeshott, Baron Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay (born 10 January 1947), is a British investment manager and member of the House of Lords, formerly sitting in Parliament as a Liberal Democrat. Early life and education Matthew Alan Oakesh ...

(born 1947), British Liberal Democrat politician *

Michael Oakeshott Michael Joseph Oakeshott FBA (; 11 December 1901 – 19 December 1990) was an English philosopher and political theorist who wrote about philosophy of history, philosophy of religion, aesthetics, philosophy of education, and philosophy of law.F ...

(1901–1990), English philosopher *

Rob Oakeshott Robert James Murray Oakeshott (born 14 December 1969) is a retired Australian politician. He was the independent Member of the House of Representatives for the Division of Lyne in New South Wales from 2008, when he won the 2008 Lyne by-electi ...

(born 1969), Australian politician *

Walter Fraser Oakeshott Sir Walter Fraser Oakeshott (11 November 1903 – 13 October 1987) was a schoolmaster and academic, who was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford. He is best known for discovering the Winchester Manuscript of Sir Thomas Malory's ''Le Mort ...

(1903–1987), schoolmaster and Oxford college head

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