Algernon

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Origin:

old french

Name Root:

Aux Gernons > ALGERNON

Meaning:*

This name derives from the Norman-French nickname “aux gernons”, meaning “with moustaches”. It is first heard of about William de Percy, 1st Baron Percy, a Knight from Percy-en-Auge, who accompanied William the Conqueror to England in 1066, and ancestor of the Dukes and Earls of Northumberland, many of whom bore the name. It was also used as a nickname for Eustace II, Count of Boulogne. Algernon Moncrieff, a wealthy class member, is a funny character in the Oscar Wilde play “The importance of being Earnest.”

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Algernon Ashton (1859–1937), English composer

Algernon Badger (1839–1905), American Union officer

Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951), English writer

Algernon Bligh (1888–1952), English cricket player

Algernon Borthwick (1830–1908), English journalist

Algernon Boyle (1871–1949), English naval officer

Algernon Buford (1826–1911), president of the Richmond and Danville Railroad

Algernon Butler (1905–1978), American judge

Algernon Capell, 2nd Earl of Essex (1670–1710), English nobleman

Algernon Charles Gifford (1861–1948), New Zealand astronomer

Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909), English writer

Algernon Chester-Master (1851–1897), English cricket player

Algernon Collings (1853–1945), English cricket player

Algernon Coote, 6th Earl of Mountrath (1689–1744), Irish politician

Algernon Crapsey (1847–1927), American Episcopal priest

Algernon Crumpler (born 1977), American football player

Algernon de Courcy Lyons (1922–1993), Welsh photographer and writer

Algernon de Horsey (1827–1922), English naval officer

Algernon Egerton (1825–1891), English politician

Algernon Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale (1837–1916), English diplomat

Algernon Gissing (1860–1937), English writer

Algernon Graves (1845–1922), English art provenance documenter

Algernon Greville (~1677–1720), Member of Parliament for Warwick

Algernon Greville (1798–1864) English soldier and cricketers

Algernon Greville (1841–1909), Member of Parliament for Westmeath

Algernon Heneage (1833–1915), English naval officer

Algernon Herbert (1792–1855), English antiquary

Algernon J. Pollock (1864–1957), American evangelist and writer

Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore (1852–1930), English politician

Algernon Kingscote (1888–1964), English tennis player

Algernon Langhorne (1882–1945), English naval officer

Algernon Lee (1873–1954), American educator

Algernon Lushington (1847–1930), English cricket player

Algernon Lyons (1833–1908), English naval officer

Algernon Markham (1869–1949), English Anglican bishop

Algernon Marsham (1919–2004), English cricket player

Algernon Maudslay (1873–1948), English sailor and Olympic gold medal winner

Algernon Methuen, 1st Baronet (1856–1924), English publisher

Algernon Moreing (1889–1974), English politician

Algernon Paddock (1830–1897), American politician

Algernon Percy (1779-1833), Minister to the Swiss Cantons

Algernon Percy (1851-1933), British Conservative Party politician and career soldier

Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland (1602-1668), English military leader

Algernon Percy, 1st Earl of Beverley (1750-1830), English nobility

Algernon Percy, 4th Duke of Northumberland (1792–1865), British politician

Algernon Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberland (1810–1899), British politician

Algernon Rainbow (1885–1969), New Zealand accountant and local politician

Algernon Seymour (1684–1750), 7th Duke of Somerset

Algernon Seymour (1886–1933), Anglican priest of St. Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow

Algernon Seymour, 15th Duke of Somerset (1846–1923), English peer and sailorn

Algernon Sidney (1623–1683), English politician

Algernon Skeffington (1873–1952), member of the Senate of Northern Ireland

Algernon St Maur (1813–1894), English peer, father of the 15th Duke

Algernon St Maur, 14th Duke of Somerset (1813–1894), English nobility

Algernon Talmage (1871–1939), English Impressionist painter

Algernon Thomas (1857–1937), New Zealand geologist and biologist

Algernon Tollemache (1805–1892), English politician

Algernon Tudor-Craig (1873–1943), English Army officer

Algernon West (1832–1921), English politician

Algernon Willis (1889–1976), English naval officer

Algernon Yelverton, 6th Viscount Avonmore (1866–1910), Irish nobility

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