Orpen 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
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toponymic surname
A toponymic surname or topographic surname is a surname derived from a place name. deriving from "Erpen" (
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 ...
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France
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Abraham Orpen (1854–1937), Canadian horse-racing track owner, casino operator, (cousin of William Orpen)
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Arthur Orpen Herbert (1831–1890), railway commissioner
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Bea Orpen
Bea Orpen HRHA (7 March 1913 – 12 July 1980) was an Irish landscape and portrait painter and teacher. She aided in the establishment of the Drogheda Municipal Gallery of Art.
Early life and education
Beatrice Esther Orpen was born at Lishee ...
(1913–1980), Irish painter
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Charles Orpen
Dr. Charles Edward Herbert Orpen (31 October 1791 – April 1856) was an Irish physician, writer and clergyman who founded the Claremont Institution for the Deaf and Dumb at Glasnevin, Dublin.
Life
He was born in the city of Cork, the youngest ...
(1791–1856), Irish physician, writer and clergyman
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Edward Richards-Orpen
Edward R. Richards-Orpen (1884 – November 1967) was an Irish Independent politician and furniture maker. He was a member of Seanad Éireann from 1948 to 1951. He was nominated by the Taoiseach to the 6th Seanad in 1948. He did not contest the 1 ...
(1884–1967), Irish politician
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Francis Orpen Morris
Francis Orpen Morris (25 March 1810 – 10 February 1893) was an Anglo-Irish clergyman, notable as "parson-naturalist" (ornithologist and entomologist) and as the author of many children's books and books on natural history and heritage buildi ...
, (1810–1893), Irish clergyman
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John Orpen
John Herbert Orpen (30 September 1868 - 3 December 1950) was an Anglican priest in the 20th century.
He was born on 30 September 1868, educated at Selwyn College, Cambridge, and ordained for service in the Diocese of Liverpool in 1894. He held c ...
(1868–1950), Anglican clergyman
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Joseph Orpen
Joseph Millerd Orpen (5 November 1828 – 17 December 1923) was an influential colonial administrator for the British empire in southern Africa, as well as a local member of the Cape Parliament and the Orange Free State Volksraad. In addition, ...
(1828–1923), British colonial administrator
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Goddard Henry Orpen
Goddard Henry Orpen (8 May 1852 – 15 May 1932) was an Irish historian. He attended The Abbey School, Tipperary and graduated from Trinity College, Dublin.
Orpen was the son of Dr. John Herbert Orpen (1805–1888) and Ellen Susanna Gertude ...
(1852–1932), Irish historian
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Raymond Orpen
Raymond d’Audemar Orpen (31 August 1837 – 9 January 1930) was an Irish cleric in the 20th century.
He was a curate at Rathronan and then Adare before becoming the Incumbent of Tralee. He was Archdeacon of Ardfert until his ordination to ...
(1837–1930), Irish clergyman
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William Orpen
Major Sir William Newenham Montague Orpen, (27 November 1878 – 29 September 1931) was an Irish artist who worked mainly in London. Orpen was a fine draughtsman and a popular, commercially successful painter of portraits for the well-to-do in ...
(1871–1931), Irish portrait painter
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Surnames of Norman origin
Anglo-Norman families
Normans in Ireland