Bazalgette is a surname, originating in the
Cévennes region of Southern France.
It is believed that there is a single Bazalgette family that comes from the hamlet of La Bazalgette,
situated midway between
Mende and Ispagnac in the
Lozère département.
All those listed below are related and belong to the British branch of the family.
Edward Bazalgette, lead guitarist of 1980s rock group the Vapors, BBC television producer and director and third cousin of Peter Bazalgette
George Bazalgette, officer in the Royal Marines, and commander of the Royal Marines Light Infantry in colonial-era British Columbia
Ian Willoughby Bazalgette (1918–1944), Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross and descendant of Joseph Bazalgette
John Bazalgette (1784–1868), Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
Sir Joseph Bazalgette (1819-1891), Victorian civil engineer responsible for the London sewers
Léon Bazalgette (1873–1928), French literary critic, biographer and translator
Sir Peter Bazalgette (born 1953), great-great-grandson of Joseph, chairman of Endemol UK, and producer of Big Brother
Simon Bazalgette (born 1962), group chief executive of The Jockey Club
See also
Bazalgette Range, a mountain range in British Columbia named for George Bazalgette
Surname list
This page lists people with the
surnameBazalgette. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
link by adding the person's
given name(s) to the link.