Voysey is a
family name, thought to derive from
Vassy in
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 ...
, the family’s place of residence prior to the
Norman conquest
The Norman Conquest (or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up of thousands of Norman, Breton, Flemish, and French troops, all led by the Duke of Normandy, later styled William the Con ...
.
North Devon Family History Voysey. Retrieved 2019-03-06.
It is the family name of the following people:
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Charles Voysey (theist)
Charles Voysey (18 March 1828 – 20 July 1912) was a former priest of the Church of England who was condemned by the Privy Council for heterodoxy and went on to found a theist church. He was the father of architect Charles Francis Anne ...
, priest and heretic
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Charles Voysey (architect)
Charles Francis Annesley Voysey (28 May 1857 – 12 February 1941) was an English architect and furniture and textile designer. Voysey's early work was as a designer of wallpapers, fabrics and furnishings in a Arts and Crafts style and he mad ...
, son of the above, Arts and Crafts architect and designer
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Charles Cowles-Voysey
Charles Cowles-Voysey (24 June 1889 – 10 April 1981) was an English architect.
Career
Charles Voysey studied at the Architectural Association School and the UCL Bartlett School of Architecture. Between 1909 and 1912 he was articled to Horace ...
, son of the above, architect and designer
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Henry Wesley Voysey (1791-1824), geologist who worked in India
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Michael Voysey, television writer
See also
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The Voysey Inheritance
''The Voysey Inheritance'' is a play in five acts by the English dramatist Harley Granville-Barker. Written in 1903–1905, it was originally staged at the Royal Court Theatre in 1905 featuring Mabel Hackney, and revived at the same venue in 196 ...
'', 1905 play by
Harley Granville-Barker
Harley Granville-Barker (25 November 1877 – 31 August 1946) was an English actor, director, playwright, manager, critic, and theorist. After early success as an actor in the plays of George Bernard Shaw, he increasingly turned to directi ...
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