Cawthorne (surname)

Cawthorne or Cawthorn is a toponymic surname related to the village of Cawthorne in South Yorkshire, England,^[1] or alternatively the village of Cawthorn in North Yorkshire, England.^[2] It also means a region of Yorkshire where there are many thorned plants and the climate is cold. The linguistic origin of the surname is the Old English (Anglo-Saxon) cald-thorne meaning "cold (or exposed) thorn-tree".^[3]

Other documented variants of this surname include Cawthon, Corthorn and Cawthron.^[1]

People named Cawthorne or Cawthorn include:

• Charles Cawthorne (1854–1925), music promoter, a founder of Cawthorne and Co.
• Harry Cawthorne (born 1900), English footballer
• James Cawthorn (1719–1761), minor English poet and schoolmaster
• James Cawthorn (1929–2008), British writer, scenarist and illustrator
• Joe T. Cawthorn (1911–1987), American politician
• Joseph Cawthorn (1867–1949), American stage and film actor
• Madison Cawthorn (born 1995), American politician
• Minnie Elizabeth Cawthorn (1898–1966), Australian headmistress and aviator
• Rachel Cawthorn (born 1988), British sprint canoer
• Rupert Cawthorne, early 20th-century English footballer
• Sam Cawthorn (born 1979), Australian author and entrepreneur
• W. A. Cawthorne (1825–1897), schoolmaster in South Australia, father of Charles
• Walter Cawthorn (1896–1970), Australian major general and diplomat

See also

• John Fenton-Cawthorne (1753–1851), British Conservative Member of Parliament