Trethewey is a surname of Cornish origin. It is derived from any of the various settlements in
Cornwall
Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...
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Trethewey
''For people with the surname, see Trethewey (surname).''
Trethewey ( kw, Tredhewi) is a hamlet in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It forms part of St Levan civil parish.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 ''Land's End'' The villag ...
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Notable people with the surname include:
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Fred Trethewey
Frederick Martyn Trethewey (born 24 January 1949) was the Archdeacon of Dudley until his retirement in September 2013.
Trethewey was educated at St Austell Grammar School and Bedford College, London. He was ordained in 1978 ''Crockford's Clerical ...
(born 1949), British archdeacon
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Natasha Trethewey
Natasha Trethewey (born April 26, 1966) is an American poet who was appointed United States Poet Laureate in 2012 and again in 2013. She won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for her 2006 collection ''Native Guard'', and she is a former List of U ...
(born 1966), American poet
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Richard Trethewey (born c. 1955), American plumber and television personality
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Robert Trethewey
Robert Hugh Trethewey (17 October 1902 – 31 May 1989) was an Australian politician.
He was born in Eaglehawk to mining engine driver Robert Hugh Trethewey and Louise Turnbull. He received his education at Eaglehawk State School, at Bendigo ...
(1902–1989), Australian politician
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Tom Trethewey (born 1944), American swimmer
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William Griffith Trethewey
William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conques ...
(1865-1926), Canadian inventor, prospector and farmer
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William Trethewey
William Thomas Trethewey (8 September 1892 – 4 May 1956) was a sculptor and Monumental masonry, monumental mason from Christchurch, New Zealand. His best known work is the Citizens' War Memorial in Cathedral Square, Christchurch, where the city ...
(1892–1956), New Zealand sculptor and monumental mason
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