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:
People edit
- Billy Mainwaring (1941–2019), Welsh international second row rugby union player who played for Aberavon RFC
- Chris Mainwaring (1965–2007), Australian rules footballer and TV presenter
- Daniel Mainwaring (1902–1977), American novelist and screenwriter
- George Mainwaring (1642-1695), English politician
- George Boulton Mainwaring (c. 1773–unknown), British politician
- Greg Manwaring (b. 1962), Classical animator, director, member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences
- Lieutenant-Colonel Harry Mainwaring (1919–2014), who was awarded an MC in fierce fighting after D-Day in the Normandy Campaign
- Henry Mainwaring (c. 1586-1653), pirate, lawyer, author and diplomat
- John Mainwaring (1724–1807), English theologian and first biographer of the composer Georg Friedrich Händel
- Marion Mainwaring (1922–2015), American novelist
- Matty Mainwaring (b. 1990), English footballer and boxer
- Sam Mainwaring (1841–1907), Welsh socialist and syndicalist trade union activist
- William Mainwaring (1884–1971), British miner and politician
- William Mainwaring (English politician) (1735–1821), English politician, father of George Boulton Mainwaring
- Ranulph Mainwaring, Justice of Chester in the reign of Richard I (1189–1199)
- Sam Mainwaring, Jr., labor activist in Britain, South Africa and the United States; nephew of Sam Mainwaring
In fiction edit
- Captain George Mainwaring, commander of the Home Guard platoon in the BBC sitcom Dad's Army
- Elizabeth Mainwaring, Captain Mainwaring's wife
- Barry Mainwaring, Captain Mainwaring's long-lost brother
- Lil Mainwaring, In Movie "Marnie" - Alfred Hitcock's movie - Sean Connery's Main Line Philadelphia former sister in law
- Veronica Mainwaring, Protagonist in Demon Lover, 1929 novel by Dion Fortune
Transportation edit
- Mainwaring (HBC vessel), operated by the HBC from 1807-1820, see Hudson's Bay Company vessels
See also edit
- Mainwaring baronets
- Bertred Mainwaring, wife of Henry de Aldithley/Audley and Audley-Stanley family
- Mannering, a surname
- Manwaring, a surname
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