Pascoe

Pascoe is a Cornish given name and surname which means "Easter children" from the Cornish language Pask, cognate of Latin Pascha ("Easter"). Pascoe is a Cornish pet form of name Pascal, introduced by the Norman knights into England after the Conquest started in 1066, and derives from the Latin paschalis, which means "relating to Easter" from Latin Pascha ("Easter"). Alternative spellings are: Pasco, Pascow, Pascho. Pascoe is the most common Cornish name.^[1]

Pascoe may refer to:

• Pascoe Bioletti (fl. 1913–1914), English criminal who attempted to influence the results of English football games
• Pascoe Charles Glyn (1833–1904), British businessman and Liberal politician
• Pascoe Grenfell (1761–1838), British businessman and politician
• Pascoe Grenfell Hill (1804–1882), British priest in the Church of England and an author
• John Pascoe Grenfell, (1800–1869), British officer in the Brazilian Navy
• William Pascoe Crook (1775–1846), British missionary, schoolmaster and pastor

Surname

• Alan Peter Pascoe (born 1947), British athlete
• B. Lynn Pascoe, the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations for Political Affairs
• Colin Pascoe (born 1965), former Welsh international football player
• Christopher Paul Pascoe (born 1966), English author of humorous books
• Derek Pascoe (born 1957), British vocalist and saxophonist
• Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe (1813–1893), Cornish entomologist
• George Pascoe-Watson (born 1966), British journalist
• James Ernest Pascoe (1900–1972), Canadian politician, farmer and journalist.
• Joaquín Gamboa Pascoe, Mexican trade union leader & politician
• John Henry Pascoe, Chief Federal Magistrate of Australia
• John Pascoe Fawkner (1792–1869), Australian pioneer, businessman and politician
• Keith Pascoe (born 1959), British musician and conductor
• Len Pascoe (born 1950, former Australian Test and ODI cricketer
• Mal Pascoe (born 1933), former Australian rules footballer and coach
• Matthew Pascoe (born 1977), Australian cricketer
• McKenna "Bear" Pascoe (born 1986), American football player
• Michael Pascoe, Australian financial journalist
• Paul Pascoe (1908–1976), New Zealand architect
• Peggy Pascoe (1954–2010), American professor of History and Ethnic Studies
• Robert Pascoe, (born 1932), former British Adjutant-General to the Forces
• Russell Pascoe (1940-1963), Third-last prisoner to be executed in a British prison
• Sara Pascoe (born 1981), an English writer, stand-up comedian and actress
• Sophie Pascoe (born 1993), New Zealand paralympics swimmer

Placename

• Pascoe Vale, suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
• Pascoe Vale South, suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Fictional characters

• Harris Pascoe, a recurring character in the Poldark series of books and television
• Dalziel and Pascoe, series of novels by Reginald Hill
• Dalziel and Pascoe, popular British television crime drama
• Jackie Webb (née Pascoe), fictional character on television series Footballers' Wives, played by Gillian Taylforth
• Kyle Patrick Pascoe, fictional character on British drama Footballers' Wives, played by English actor Gary Lucy
• Pascoe, the village pastor in Dame Ethel Smyth’s The Wreckers (opera)

Other

• Pascoe Vale Girls' College, public girls' high school located in Pascoe Vale, Victoria, Australia
• Pascoe Vale SC, soccer club located In Melbourne's North-West in Victoria, Australia
• Pascoe Vale Football Club, Australian rules football club
• James Pascoe Group, a New Zealand-based retail group named after the founder of Pascoes the Jewellers

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