Prideaux is both a given name and surname of Cornish origin, derived from the place called Prideaux in the parish of Luxulyan. The place-name had the form Pridias in the 12th and 13th centuries; by

folk etymology Folk etymology (also known as popular etymology, analogical reformation, reanalysis, morphological reanalysis or etymological reinterpretation) is a change in a word or phrase resulting from the replacement of an unfamiliar form by a more famili ...

both the place-name and the surname have been altered to a form based on the French or (near waters or meadow of waters). Notable people with the name include:

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Brandon Prideaux Brandon Prideaux (born August 18, 1976 in Seattle, Washington) is a former American professional soccer player, currently an assistant coach for the men's soccer team at the University of Washington. Prideaux spent virtually his entire professi ...

(born 1976), American soccer defender *

Sir Edmund Prideaux, 1st Baronet of Netherton Sir Edmund Prideaux, 1st Baronet (1554–1628), of Netherton in the parish of Farway, Devon, was a Councellor at Law and Double Reader of the Inner Temple and was created a baronet on 17 July 1622. He purchased the estate of Netherton where in ...

(1554–1628), English lawyer * Sir Edmund Prideaux, 1st Baronet of Ford Abbey (died 1659), English lawyer and MP for Lyme Regis (1640–1659), solicitor-general and attorney-general * Sir Edmund Prideaux, 2nd Baronet of Ford Abbey (1632–1702), member of Parliament for Taunton (1680–1681), participant in Monmouth's Rebellion *

Edmund Prideaux (artist) Edmund Prideaux (1693–1745) was an English painter and architect in Cornwall best known for his involvement in the architectural remodelling of Prideaux Place, an English country house located in Padstow. Origins He was christened on 22 F ...

(1693–1745), English architectural artist * Humphrey Prideaux (1648–1724), Doctor of Divinity and scholar * James Prideaux (1927–2015), American playwright *

John Prideaux (British Army officer) John Prideaux (1718–1759) was a brigadier-general in the British Army. He was born 1718 in Devon, England the second son of Sir John Prideaux, 6th Baronet, of Netherton Hall, near Honiton (see Prideaux Baronets). On 17 July 1739 he was appointe ...

(1718–1759), British General during the French and Indian War *

John Prideaux John Prideaux (7 September 1578 – 29 July 1650) was an English academic and Bishop of Worcester. Early life The fourth son of John and Agnes Prideaux, he was born at Stowford House in the parish of Harford, near Ivybridge, Devon, England, ...

(1578–1650), bishop of Worcester *

Sir Peter Prideaux, 3rd Baronet Sir Peter Prideaux, 3rd Baronet (1626–1705), of Netherton in the parish of Farway, near Honiton, Devon, was an English politician. Origins He was the 4th but eldest surviving son and heir of Sir Peter Prideaux, 2nd Baronet (1596–1682 ...

(1626–1705), MP for Honiton (1661–1679) and St Mawes (1685–1689) * Rhiannon Prideaux, British human rights worker *

Roger Prideaux Roger Malcolm Prideaux (born 31 July 1939) is an English former cricketer, who played in three Tests for England from 1968 to 1969. Life and career Prideaux was educated at Tonbridge School and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. A talented, st ...

(born 1939), English cricketer * Roger Prideaux (MP) (by 1524–1582), MP for Totnes (1545–1553) *

Sarah Prideaux Sarah Prideaux (1853 – 1933) was a bookbinder, teacher, historian and author of books on binding and illustration. She, along with Katharine Adams and Sybil Pye, was one of the noted women bookbinders of the period. Biography Prideaux was bor ...

(1853–1933), British bookbinder and author * Frances Helen Prideaux (1858–1885), British physician and student at the London School of Medicine for Women *

Walter Prideaux Walter Prideaux (1806 – 1889) was a poet and lawyer.Thomas Monck Mason
Nati ...

(1806–1889), English poet and lawyer * Walter Prideaux, banker and partner in Hingston & Prideaux * Walter Prideaux (rower) (1910–1995), English rower * W. F. Prideaux (1840–1914), British scholar on the ancient kingdom of Sheba

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Prideaux Lightfoot Reginald Prideaux Lightfoot (26 May 183618 September 1906) was a British Anglican priest. He was the Archdeacon of Oakham in the Church of England from 1880 to 1905. Life Lightfoot was born into an ecclesiastical family — his father, John Pr ...

(1836–1906), British Anglican priest *

Prideaux Selby Prideaux Selby (baptised 21 December 1747 – 9 May 1813) was an English soldier and political figure in Upper Canada. He was born in Alnwick, Northumberland, England a son of the Holy Island branch of the Selby family. He joined the ...

(1747–1813), English soldier and politician * Prideaux John Selby (1788–1867), English ornithologist, botanist and natural history artist

Families

* Prideaux baronets, family The ancient gentry family of Prideaux was seated variously at Orcheton, Modbury; Adeston, Holbeton;

Thuborough, Sutcombe Thuborough (alias ''Therborough, Theoburgh'', etc.) in the parish of Sutcombe, Devon, England, is an historic estate, formerly a seat of a branch of the Prideaux family, also seated at Orcharton, Modbury; Adeston, Holbeton; Soldon, Holsworthy; ...

; Soldon, Holsworthy;

Netherton, Farway Netherton in the parish of Farway in Devon is an historic estate situated about 3 1/2 miles south-east of Honiton. The present mansion house known as Netherton Hall was built in 1607 in the Jacobean style, restored and rebuilt 1836-44, and is a ...

; Ashburton;

Nutwell Nutwell in the parish of Woodbury, East Devon, Woodbury on the south coast of Devon is a historic Manorialism, manor and the site of a Georgian neo-classical Listed building, Grade II* listed mansion house known as Nutwell Court. The house is s ...

Woodbury Woodbury may refer to: Geography Antarctica *Woodbury Glacier, a glacier on Graham Land, British Antarctic Territory Australia * Woodbury, Tasmania, a locality in Australia England * Woodbury, Bournemouth, an area in Dorset *Woodbury, East Devo ...

; Ford Abbey,

Thorncombe Thorncombe is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. It was historically, until 1844, an exclave of Devon. It lies five miles (8 km) south east of the town of Chard in neighbouring Somerset. Thorncombe is situated ...

all in Devon, and at Prideaux Place, Padstow and Prideaux manor, Luxulyan, in Cornwall. Fox (1874) stated in regard of the Kingsbridge branch of Prideaux: ''"We have no intention ... of tracing the pedigree back to old Paganus de Prideaux, who came over from Normandy with William the Conqueror, and who was Lord of the Castle of Prideaux, in Cornwall"''.For details on the pedigree of Prideaux of Kingsbridge see: Prideaux, R. M., ''Prideaux - A Westcountry Clan'', Phillimore & Co., England, 1989

In fiction

* Jim Prideaux, a mid-level British intelligence agent in John le Carré's '' Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'' (1974)

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Cornish-language surnames {{surname, Prideaux

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