Mainwaring
Mainwaring is a family name of Anglo-Norman origin. It is an origin name which its bearer as from the village of Le Mesnil Warin ( "Warin good", today Saint-Paër in Seine-Maritime , region Normandy derived features). The pronunciation [ mænəɹɪŋ ], which is predominantly used in Great Britain to this day , is common in the USA , due to the spelling, [ meɪnˈwɛəɹɪŋ ].
Name bearer
- Chris Mainwaring (1965-2007), Australian football player, sports journalist and television presenter
- Daniel Mainwaring (1902–1977), American writer and screenwriter
- George Boulton Mainwaring (approx. 1773–?), British politician
- Henry Mainwaring (approx. 1586–1653), English pirate, lawyer, writer and diplomat
- John Mainwaring (1724–1807), English theologian, George Frideric Handel's first biographer
- Philip Mainwaring Broadmead (1893–1977), British diplomat
- Ranulph Mainwaring , Justice of Chester under King Richard I (1189–1199)
In the British sitcom Dad's Army and the stage, film and radio adaptations based on it, Captain George Mainwaring is one of the main characters as the commander of the home guard unit of the fictional southern English town of Walmington-on-Sea.
