Anstey (surname)
Anstey is a surname held by approximately eight thousand people worldwide. The surname itself originated in the 12th century from Anstey in Hertfordshire.[1][2] Notable people with the surname include:
- Brendel Anstey, English footballer who played for Aston Villa and Leicester City
- Bruce Anstey, New Zealand motorcycle racer
- Chris Anstey, Australian basketball player
- Christopher Anstey (1724–1805), English writer and poet
- Dan Anstey, Australian radio and television presenter
- Edgar Anstey (1907–1987), English film maker
- Edgar Anstey (1917–2009), British psychologist
- F. Anstey pseudonym for Thomas Anstey Guthrie (1856–1934), an English novelist and journalist who wrote comic novels
- Frank Anstey, Australian politician in both the Victorian and Commonwealth parliaments
- George Alexander Anstey (1814–1895), South Australian viticulturist and Member of Parliament
- Harry Anstey, Australian prospector and politician
- Nigel Anstey, British geophysicist
- Percy Anstey (1876–1920), British actor and economist
- Thomas Chisholm Anstey, British parliamentarian, lawyer and second Attorney General of Hong Kong
- Vera Anstey (1889–1976), British economist
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Browne, W.A.F.; Reaney, P.H.; Wilson, R.M.; Scull, A. (1991). A Dictionary of English Surnames. Tavistock classics in the history of psychiatry. Routledge. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-415-05737-0. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
- ^ Anstey, G.M. and T.J. (2017). ANSTEY: Our True Surname Origin and Shared Medieval Ancestry.
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