Porteous may refer to:

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Porteous family The Porteous family is a Scottish Borders armigerous family. History The earliest records for members of the Porteous family in Peeblesshire date back to the early part of the fifteenth century. The earliest possible reference, according to Lo ...

Beilby Porteus Beilby Porteus (or Porteous; 8 May 1731 – 13 May 1809), successively Bishop of Chester and of London, was a Church of England reformer and a leading abolitionist in England. He was the first Anglican in a position of authority to seriously c ...

, Bishop of Chester and Bishop of London, noted abolitionist * Bradley Porteous, South African cricketer * Cameron Porteous, Canadian set designer *

Crichton Porteous Leslie Crichton Porteous (1901–1991) was a writer (writing under the name of Crichton Porteous) of fiction and non-fiction – books, articles and short stories – many of them about life in the Peak District of northern England, and often set i ...

, writer and author * David Porteous, Canadian singer/songwriter and film maker *

Garrick Porteous Garrick Rennie Porteous (born 17 January 1990) is an English professional golfer who won The Amateur Championship in 2013 where he defeated Toni Hakula 6 and 5. In 2017 he won the Prague Golf Challenge on the Challenge Tour. College career Port ...

, English golfer * Gaye Porteous, Canadian field hockey international *

George Porteous George Porteous (April 7, 1903 – February 6, 1978) was the 14th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan, Canada from 1976 to 1978. Early life George Porteous was born in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland on 7 April 1903. His family emigrated to ...

, Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan * Gladstone Charles Porteous, Australian missionary and linguist in China * Haydn Porteous, South African golfer *

Hugh Gordon Porteus Hugh Gordon Porteus (1906–1993) was an influential reviewer of art and literature in the London of the 1930s, and also a poet. He was an admirer of Wyndham Lewis and wrote the first critical book on him, published in 1932. Lewis portrayed Porteus ...

, art and literature critic *

Ian Porteous Ian Porteous (born 21 November 1964) is a Scottish former footballer. He played for Aberdeen before moving to Denmark to play for Herfølge Boldklub Herfølge Boldklub is a Danish football club founded in 1921. It is based in Herfølge, a ...

, Scottish footballer *

Ian R. Porteous Ian Robertson Porteous (9 October 1930 – 30 January 2011) was a Scottish mathematician at the University of Liverpool and an educator on Merseyside. He is best known for three books on geometry and modern algebra. In Liverpool he and Peter Gib ...

, Scottish mathematician * James Porteous, inventor of the Fresno scraper * John Porteous (soldier), Captain of the City Guard of Edinburgh lynched in the Porteous Riots *

John Alexander Porteous John Alexander Porteous (July 22, 1932 – May 10, 1995) was a noted Canadian columnist, journalist and broadcaster. Porteous was the voice of Miramichi pulp-cutter Ernie Freshet, a humorous character who appeared regularly on CBC Radio. Born in ...

, columnist and journalist *

Johnny Porteous John Robertson Porteous (5 December 1921 – 13 August 2007) was a Scottish footballer who played as a wing half. He began his career as a footballer with Motherwell F.C., but did not make a league appearance before joining Alloa Athletic in 1 ...

, Scottish footballer * Julian Porteous, Bishop, Archdiocese of Sydney, Australia *

Katrina Porteous Katrina Porteous (born 1960 in Aberdeen) is a Scottish poet, historian and broadcaster. Her particular interests include the inshore fishing community of the Northumberland coast, and the cultural and natural history of that area. Biography Ka ...

, Scottish poet *

Miguel Porteous Miguel Porteous (born 14 May 1999) is a New Zealand freestyle skier who competes internationally. He represented New Zealand in the 2018 Winter Olympics, where he finished 17th in the men's ski halfpipe and the 2022 Winter Olympics where he ...

, New Zealand skier *

Ned Porteous Edward Graham Porteous (born 7 July 1994) is an English actor. He is known for his roles as Mark Fowler Jnr in the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders'' (2016) and Joe Tate in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'' (2017–2018). Early life Porteous is f ...

, British actor *

Nico Porteous Nico Porteous (born 23 November 2001) is a New Zealand freestyle skier and an Olympic champion. He is New Zealand's youngest Olympic Games medallist, having won a bronze medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics at the age of 16. He became New Zealand' ...

, New Zealand skier *

Norman Porteous Norman Walker Porteous (9 September 1898 in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland – 3 September 2003 in Edinburgh, Scotland) was a noted theologian and writer on Old Testament issues, and the last surviving military officer of the First World W ...

, theologian and translator of the New English Bible, last surviving officer of the First World War *

Patrick Anthony Porteous Colonel Patrick Anthony Porteous VC (1 January 1918 – 9 October 2000) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwea ...

, Victoria Cross, war hero *

Rose Porteous Rose Porteous (born Rosario Magdalena Teresita Lacson on 26 October 1948), a Filipino-born Australian, is best known for her marriage to Western Australia iron ore mining magnate Lang Hancock, and the protracted legal battle with his daughter, ...

, socialite *

Ryan Porteous Ryan Thomas Porteous (born 25 March 1999) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for English Championship club Watford and the Scotland national team. He has previously played for Hibernian and spent a spell on loan at Edinburgh City ...

, Scottish footballer *

Shane Porteous John Shane Porteous (born 17 August 1942) (known as Shane Porteous) is an Australian actor, screenwriter, animation layout artist and animation voice artist. As a screenwriter, he is sometimes credited as "John Hanlon". He remains best known fo ...

, Australian actor * Stanley Porteus, psychologist and author *

Thomas Porteous Gabriel Thomas Porteous Jr. (December 15, 1946 – November 14, 2021) was a United States federal judge, United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. He served for sixteen years before ...

, former United States district court judge *

Thomas Porteous (footballer) Thomas Stoddart Porteous (October 1865 – 23 February 1919) was an English footballer who played as a right back, for Sunderland and also one appearance for England. Career Club Although born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Porteous grew up in Dalkeit ...

, footballer for Sunderland and England * Thomas Porteous (merchant), merchant and politician, Lower Canada * Timothy Porteous, Order of Canada, former executive assistant to Pierre Trudeau * Trevor Porteous, English football player and manager *

Victor Porteous Victor Clarence Porteous (5 November 1893 – 17 June 1966) was a National Government and Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Derby Township, Ontario and became a farmer. Porteous attended school at Owe ...

, Canadian Member of Parliament * William Porteous, Australian land developer

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Porteous (store) Porteous, Mitchell & Braun Co., or simply Porteous, was a mid-market department store based in Portland, Maine. Flagship store At the time the store was opened in 1904 it was the largest department store based in Maine. It became the flagship locat ...

* The

Porteous formula In mathematics, the Porteous formula, or Thom–Porteous formula, or Giambelli–Thom–Porteous formula, is an expression for the fundamental class of a degeneracy locus (or determinantal variety) of a morphism of vector bundles in terms of Chern ...

in algebraic geometry * Porteous Point, on Signy Island, Antarctica * The

Porteous Riots The Porteous Riots surrounded the activities of Captain John Porteous (c. 1695 – 1736), Captain of the City Guard of Edinburgh, Scotland, who was lynched by a mob for his part in the killing of innocent civilians while ordering the men ...

of 1736 * Porteous's tuco-tuco, a rodent species

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