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Wardlaw is a first name and surname of Scottish origin.
Wardlaw loosely translates to "watcher of the hill". The original Wardlaws resided in the Scottish highlands, hence "watch of the hill," where as Wardlows resided in the Scottish lowlands.
The modern placenames of Wardlaw stem from the old English combination of watch and mound hill. Those being weard ‘watch’ + hlāw ‘mound hill’. Other representations of Wardlaw throughout history are "Geard-hlaw", and "Wardelaue".
Family Motto:
"Famalias Firmat Pietas." ("Religion Strengthens Families.")
Origins
Wardlaw according to Playfair in his British Family Antiquity, Vol. VIII, published in 1811 is amongst the oldest in Scotland. The surname most likely traces it place of origin to Kirkhill, Highland within the Inverness region. There the parish was formally called Wardlaw with origins tracing back to the 13th century. The first recordings of Wardlaw are said to have occurred around 1210 AD but the first certain recording appeared when "Henricus de Wardlaw was given a charter for half of the barony of Wiltone, in the county of Roxburgh." Though the surname appeared as Wardelaue.
Persons
Alan Wardlaw (1887–1938), Australian politician
Barbara Wardlaw (contemporary), Canadian politician of the First Nations
Chris Wardlaw (born 1950), Australian long-distance runner
Claude Wardlaw (1901–1985), British botanist
Elizabeth, Lady Wardlaw (1677–1727), Scottish noblewoman and poet
Helen Wardlaw (born 1982), English cricketer
Henry Wardlaw (died 1440), Scottish church leader, Bishop of St Andrews, founder of the University of St Andrews
Henry Wardlaw of Pitreavie (1565–1637), Scottish courtier and administrator for Anne of Denmark
Iain Wardlaw (born 1985), Scottish cricketer
Jack Wardlaw (1937–2012), American journalist
Jesse Wardlaw (born 2000), Australian rules footballer
Joanna Wardlaw (born 1958), Scottish physician, radiologist, and academic
John Wardlaw-Milne (1879–1967), British politician for Kidderminster
Kim McLane Wardlaw (born 1954), American jurist in the federal courts
Lee Wardlaw (contemporary), American author of children's books
Nicolas Wardlaw, Lady Bonnyton, Scottish lady-in-waiting
Ralph Wardlaw (1779–1853), Scottish Presbyterian clergyman and writer
Robert Wardlaw (1889–1964), Australian politician from Tasmania
Walter Wardlaw (died c. 1387), Scottish Bishop of Glasgow, uncle of Henry Wardlaw
Gareth Wardlaw (born 1979), Scottish former footballer.
Peerage
Wardlaw baronets, a title in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia
Places
Wardlaw-Hartridge school in Edison, New Jersey
Ward Law, hill with a Roman fort, near Shearington, Dumfries & Galloway
Wardlaw Museum, located in, St Andrews, Scotland
Pitreavie Castle, bought by Henry Wardlaw in 1608.
Lochore Castle, one of the earliest Wardlaw places.
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Louis Wardlaw Miles
- Perjanjian Vincennes-Edinburgh
- Perem
- Sejarah terorisme
- Miles
- Empuloh ragum
- Penicillium
- WH
- James Clerk Maxwell
- Roundabout (lagu Yes)
- Wardlaw
- Helen Wardlaw
- Henry Wardlaw
- Richard Wardlaw
- George Wardlaw
- Chris Wardlaw
- Kim McLane Wardlaw
- Jesse Wardlaw
- Ocey Snead
- Iain Wardlaw