Tyrwhitt is an
English language
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surname. It may refer to:
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Charles Tyrwhitt
Charles Tyrwhitt Shirts Ltd. ( ), also known as CT Shirts, is a British multi-channel clothing retailer specialising in dress shirts, ties, suits, casualwear, shoes and accessories.
Founded as a mail order company in 1986 by Nicholas Wheeler w ...
(1846–1874), English explorer
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Elizabeth Tyrwhitt
Elizabeth Tyrwhitt (died 1578), was an English gentlewoman, courtier, and writer.
Biography
Born in her father's house at Brede, she was one of five children of Sir Goddard Oxenbridge (died 1531) and his second wife Anne (died 1531), widow of ...
(1519–1578), English writer and courtier
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Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson (1883–1950), British composer
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Jaqueline Tyrwhitt
Mary Jaqueline Tyrwhitt (25 May 1905 – 21 February 1983) was a British town planner, journalist, editor and educator. She was at the centre of the transnational network of theoreticians and practitioners who shaped the post-war Modern Movement ...
(1905–1983), British architect
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Mary Tyrwhitt
Brigadier Dame Mary Joan Caroline Tyrwhitt, DBE, TD (22 December 1903–18 March 1997) was a British Army officer. She was the last director of the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) and the first director of the Women's Royal Army Corps ...
(1903–1997), British soldier
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Montague Tyrwhitt-Drake
Montague William Tyrwhitt-Drake (January 20, 1830 – April 19, 1908) was an English-born lawyer, judge and political figure in British Columbia, Canada. Tyrwhitt-Drake represented Victoria City in the Legislative Assembly of British Columb ...
(1830–1908), Canadian politician
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Nicholas Charles Tyrwhitt Wheeler (born 1965), English businessman and founder of
Charles Tyrwhitt
Charles Tyrwhitt Shirts Ltd. ( ), also known as CT Shirts, is a British multi-channel clothing retailer specialising in dress shirts, ties, suits, casualwear, shoes and accessories.
Founded as a mail order company in 1986 by Nicholas Wheeler w ...
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Reginald Tyrwhitt
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, 1st Baronet, (; 10 May 1870 – 30 May 1951) was a Royal Navy officer. During the First World War he served as commander of the Harwich Force. He led a supporting naval force of 31 destroyers a ...
(1870–1951), British admiral
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Richard Tyrwhitt
Richard Tyrwhitt (November 29, 1844 – June 22, 1900) was a Canadian politician.
Born in Simcoe County, Canada West, the son of William Tyrwhitt, he was educated in Barrie and also privately tutored. Tyrwhitt became a farmer in Bradford. ...
(1844–1900), Canadian politician
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Robert Tyrwhitt
Robert Tyrwhitt (1735–1817) was an English academic, known as a Unitarian.
Life
Born in London, he was younger son of Robert Tyrwhitt (1698–1742), residentiary canon of St Paul's Cathedral, by his wife Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Edmund G ...
(by 1504–1572), British politician
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Robert Tyrwhitt
Robert Tyrwhitt (1735–1817) was an English academic, known as a Unitarian.
Life
Born in London, he was younger son of Robert Tyrwhitt (1698–1742), residentiary canon of St Paul's Cathedral, by his wife Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Edmund G ...
(c. 1510–1581), British politician
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Robert Tyrwhitt
Robert Tyrwhitt (1735–1817) was an English academic, known as a Unitarian.
Life
Born in London, he was younger son of Robert Tyrwhitt (1698–1742), residentiary canon of St Paul's Cathedral, by his wife Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Edmund G ...
(1735–1817), British scholar
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St John Tyrwhitt
Admiral Sir St. John Reginald Joseph Tyrwhitt, 2nd Baronet, (18 April 1905 – 10 October 1961) was a senior Royal Navy officer who served as Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel from 1959 to 1961.
Naval career
Born the son of Admiral ...
(1905–1961), British admiral
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Thomas Tyrwhitt
Thomas Tyrwhitt (; 27 March 173015 August 1786) was an English classical scholar and critic.
Life
He was born in London, where he also died. He was educated at Eton College and Queen's College, Oxford. He was elected a fellow of Merton College ...
(1730–1786), British scholar
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Thomas Tyrwhitt
Thomas Tyrwhitt (; 27 March 173015 August 1786) was an English classical scholar and critic.
Life
He was born in London, where he also died. He was educated at Eton College and Queen's College, Oxford. He was elected a fellow of Merton College ...
(1762–1833), British politician
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Ursula Tyrwhitt
Ursula Tyrwhitt (1872–1966) was an English painter and draughtsman.
Biography
Ursula Tyrwhitt was born in Nazeing, Essex and studied at the Slade School of Fine Art from 1893 to 1894 and also in 1911 and 1912. She also studied in Paris at the A ...
(1872–1966), English artist
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William Tyrwhitt (MP died 1522)
Sir William Tyrwhitt (by 1458 – 10 April 1522), of Kettleby, Lincolnshire was an English courtier and Member of Parliament.
He was born the eldest son of Sir Robert Tyrwhitt of Kettleby and succeeded his father in 1457/58.
He was appointed an ...
, English courtier and MP
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William Tyrwhitt
William Tyrwhitt (died 1591) was an English landowner and politician who sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Huntingdon in March 1553 but took no further part in public life under Queen Elizabeth I because of his Roman Catholicism, for which he ...
(died 1591), English MP
See also
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Charles Tyrwhitt
Charles Tyrwhitt Shirts Ltd. ( ), also known as CT Shirts, is a British multi-channel clothing retailer specialising in dress shirts, ties, suits, casualwear, shoes and accessories.
Founded as a mail order company in 1986 by Nicholas Wheeler w ...
, a British menswear retailer
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Mount Tyrwhitt
Mount Tyrwhitt is a mountain in British Columbia and Alberta, Canada located between Highway 40 and Elk Pass in the Elk Range of the Canadian Rockies, west of the Highwood Pass parking lot in Kananaskis Country and south east of Upper Kananask ...
, Alberta, Canada
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Tyrwhitt baronets
There have been three baronetcies created for persons with the surname Tyrwhitt (pronounced "Tirrit"), one in the Baronetage of England and two in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.
The Tyrwhitt Baronetcy, of Stainfield in the County of Li ...
in the British peerage
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English-language surnames