Beddoe
Beddoe is a surname of Welsh origin. It originates from Bettws or Betws (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈbɛtʊs]), a Welsh name that is derived from the Anglo-Saxon Old English bed-hus—i.e. a bead-house: a house of prayer, or oratory.[1] At the time of the British Census of 1881,[2] its frequency was highest in Pembrokeshire (over 65 times the national average), followed by Cambridgeshire, Shropshire, Glamorgan, Monmouthshire, Herefordshire, Carmarthenshire, Staffordshire, Cardiganshire and Warwickshire.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Martin Beddoe (born 1955), British judge
- Alan Beddoe (1893–1975), Canadian artist, consultant in Heraldry, and founder of the Heraldry Society of Canada
- Clive Beddoe (born 1947), founding shareholder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of WestJet Airlines
- Dan Beddoe (1863–1937), Welsh tenor
- Don Beddoe (1903–1991), American character actor
- John Beddoe (1826–1911), British ethnologist
- Valerie Beddoe (born 1960), Australian diver
- Jack Dallas Beddoe (born 1947), American Musical Comedy Composer
Kieran Beddoe Northamptonshire
Fictional characters
- Philo Beddoe, a character played by Clint Eastwood in the films Every Which Way But Loose and Any Which Way You Can
See also
- David Rowe-Beddoe, Baron Rowe-Beddoe, British politician and member of the House of Lords
- Beddoe Rees, British architect and politician
- Beddoe–Rose Family Cemetery, New York State
- Bedo (disambiguation)
- Beddoes
References
- "Full text of "The place-names of England and Wales"". Archive.org. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
- "Beddoe Surname Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 23 January 2014
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