Clotworthy
Clotworthy is a surname derived from Clotworthy near Wembworthy, Devon, England.[1] The family inherited the manor of Rashleigh in Wembworthy in the 16th century. Sir Hugh Clotworthy (1569–1630) gained land in Ireland in the Plantation of Ulster[1] and built Antrim Castle there. Clotworthy was used as a given name by his descendants.
- Surname
- Bob Clotworthy (1931–2018), an American Olympic diver
- John Clotworthy, 1st Viscount Massereene (died 1665) an Anglo-Irish politician, son of Sir Hugh Clotworthy
- Pauline Clotworthy (1912–2004), an Irish teacher of fashion design
- Robert Clotworthy (born 1955), an American actor and voice actor
- Sarah Clotworthy Stevenson (1824–1885) First Lady of West Virginia, 1869-1871
- Given name
- Many Viscounts and Earls Massereene (surname Skeffington) descended from John Clotworthy, 1st Viscount Massereene
- Clotworthy Rowley, 1st Baron Langford (1763–1825), born Clotworthy Taylor, Irish politician
- Clotworthy Soden, an eighteenth century Irish Anglican priest
- Clotworthy Upton, 1st Baron Templetown (1721–1785), an Anglo-Irish courtier and peer
References
- Colby, Frederick Thomas, ed. (1872). "Clotworthie". The Visitation of the County of Devon in the Year 1620. 6. London: Harleian Society. pp. 61–62. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
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