Mainwaring

The surname Mainwaring (/ˈmænərɪŋ/ or /ˌmeɪnˈwɛərɪŋ/) is an Anglo-Norman territorial surname deriving from "Mesnil Warin" (or "Mesnilwarin", "Mesnilvarin", "Mesnil Varin"), from the village of Le Mesnil Varin (= "the manor of Warin"), now Saint-Paër, Normandy. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Chris Mainwaring (1965–2007), Australian rules footballer and TV presenter
  • Daniel Mainwaring (1902–1977), American novelist and screenwriter
  • George Boulton Mainwaring (c. 1773-unknown), British politician
  • John Mainwaring (1724–1807), English theologian and first biographer of the composer Georg Friedrich Händel
  • Harry Mainwaring (1919–2014), Lieutenant-Colonel Harry Mainwaring, who has died aged 94, was awarded an MC in fierce fighting after D-Day in the Normandy Campaign
  • Henry Mainwaring (c. 1586-1653), pirate, lawyer, author and diplomat
  • Marion Mainwaring (1922–2015), American novelist
  • Matty Mainwaring (b. 1990), English footballer and boxer
  • Ranulph Mainwaring, Justice of Chester in the reign of Richard I (1189–1199)
  • Sam Mainwaring (1841–1907), Welsh socialist and syndicalist trade union activist
  • Sam Mainwaring, Jr., labor activist in Britain, South Africa and the United States; nephew of Sam Mainwaring
  • William Mainwaring (1884–1971), British miner and politician
  • William Mainwaring (English politician) (1735–1821), English politician, father of George Boulton Mainwaring
  • Greg Manwaring (b. 1962), Classical animator, director, member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences

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