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Urquhart (surname)

Scottish surname list of people

Field	Value
name	Urquhart
pronunciation
meaning	1. "the portion of the shot"
2. "on", "by" and "thicket"
region	Scotland
variant	Urchardan; Uhrchardan
languageorigin	Brittonic

"on", "by" and "thicket"

Urquhart ( ; ) is a Scottish surname. It is a habitational name, that can be derived from any of four places with the name. Other places named Urquhart, including one by Loch Ness, are derived from the Brythonic elements ar, meaning "on", "by"; and cardden, meaning "thicket". The Scottish Gaelic form of the surname is Urchardan.

Notable people with the surname

Academics

Alasdair Urquhart (born 1945) Scottish professor of philosophy
Francis Fortescue Urquhart (1868–1934), English academic

Arts

Felicity Urquhart (born 1976), Australian country music singer-songwriter
Isabelle Urquhart (1865–1907), American stage actress and contralto
Mary Cora Urquhart (1859–1936), American actress
Molly Urquhart (1906–1977), Scottish actress
Murray Urquhart (1880–1972), British artist
Philippa Urquhart, British actress
Robert Urquhart (1922–1995), British actor
Tony Urquhart (1934–2022), Canadian artist

Business

A. William Urquhart, American lawyer, partner in Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Alistair Urquhart (1919–2016), Scottish businessman and author
David Urquhart, Baron Tayside (1912–1975), Scottish businessman
Diane Urquhart, Canadian financial analyst
Lawrence Urquhart (1935–2025), Scottish businessman
Leslie Urquhart (1874–1933), Scottish mining entrepreneur
William Muir Urquhart (1855–1933), American businessman

Clergy

Colin Urquhart (1940–2021), British evangelical and neocharismatic Christian leader
David Urquhart (bishop) (born 1952), Anglican Bishop of Birmingham

Government

Brian Urquhart (1919–2021), British civil servant, United Nations official
Frederic Urquhart (1858–1935), Australian police commissioner
John Urquhart (sheriff) (born 1947), American sheriff
Margery Urquhart (1912–2007) Chilean-born British deputy director of Social Work, first female Special Branch agent

Military

Ronald Urquhart (1906–1968), British Army officer
Roy Urquhart (1901–1988), British Army general

Politics

Alexander Urquhart (died 1727), Scottish politician
Anne Urquhart (born 1957), Australian politician
Carl Urquhart, Canadian politician
David Urquhart (1805–1877), Member of Parliament, Scottish diplomat, writer
Diane Colley-Urquhart, Canadian politician
Don Urquhart (1848–1911), Australian politician
Duncan Urquhart (politician), (died 1792), British politician
Earl Wallace Urquhart (1921–1971), Canadian politician
Elias L. Urquhart (1846–1934), American politician
James Urquhart (1822–1901), American politician
Jean Urquhart (born 1949), Scottish politician
John Urquhart (Canadian politician) (1844–1933), Canadian politician and physician
Martin Luther Urquhart (1883–1961), Canadian politician
Stephen H. Urquhart (born 1965), American politician
Thomas Urquhart (Canadian politician) (1858–1931)
William Pollard-Urquhart (1815–1871), Irish politician and writer

Science and technology

Feargus Urquhart (born 1970), American video game developer and CEO of Obsidian Entertainment
Fred Urquhart (1911–2002), Canadian zoologist
George Macdonald Urquhart (1925–1997), Scottish parasitologist
Roderick B. Urquhart, mathematician and namesake of the Urquhart Graph

Sports

Billy Urquhart (born 1956), Scottish football player
Donna Urquhart (born 1986), Australian squash player
Duncan Urquhart (footballer) (1908–1956), Scottish football player
Fiona Urquhart (born 1987), Scottish cricketer
Gavin Urquhart (born 1988), Australian rules football player
George Urquhart (born 1950), Scottish footballer
John Urquhart (cricketer) (1921–2003), English cricketer
Johnny Urquhart (1925–2008), Scottish football player and administrator
Max Urquhart (born 1942), Australian rules football player
Mike Urquhart (1958-2023), Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
Stuart Urquhart (born 1995), Scottish footballer

Writers and journalists

Fred Urquhart (writer) (1912–1995), Scottish author
Ian Urquhart, Canadian journalist and newspaper editor
Jane Urquhart (born 1949), Canadian author
Jeannie Urquhart, known as Georgie Raoul-Duval (1866–1913), author, lover of Colette and Colette's husband Henry Gauthier-Villars
Jessie Urquhart (1890–1948), Australian journalist and novelist
Paul Urquhart (1877–1940) pseudonym for author Ladbroke Black
Thomas Urquhart (1611–1660), Scottish writer, translator of Rabelais

Other

Augusta W. Urquhart (1870-1960), American social leader and clubwoman

Fictional characters with the surname

Abby Urquhart, character in Howards Way television show
Dr. Ethan Urquhart, titular character in Lois McMaster Bujold's novel Ethan of Athos
Francis Urquhart, a character in the House of Cards trilogy by Michael Dobbs and its adaptation into a BBC television series
Gerald Urquhart, character in Howards' Way television show
Gordon Urquhart, character in the 1983 film Local Hero
Sir Hector Gore-Urquhart, character in the 1957 film Lucky Jim
Julius Gore-Urquhart, character in the 2003 ITV film Lucky Jim
Uncle Gore-Urquhart, wealthy philanthropist in Kingsley Amis' novel Lucky Jim
Norman Urquhart, character in Dorothy Sayers' mystery novel Strong Poison
Polly Urquhart, character in Howards Way television show
Stella Urquhart, character in the 1983 film Local Hero
Urquhart, a student of Hogwarts and captain of the Slytherin Quidditch team in the book Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

References

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"Learn about the family history of your surname". [[Ancestry.com]].
Mark, Colin. (2006). "The Gaelic-English Dictionary". [[Routledge]].

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