Featherstonhaugh (generally pronounced as written, but occasionally simply "Featherston")[1] also spelt Fetherstonhaugh and Featherstonehaugh) is an English surname. The name comes from Featherstonhaugh in
Northumberland, from the
Old Englishfeðere, 'feather', stān, 'stone', and healh, 'corner'.[2]
Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge (the middle name pronounced "Fanshaw", apparently the origin of this idiosyncratic pronunciation which is not encountered in reality)[3][4] a fictional character in the short stories of P. G. Wodehouse
Marcus Featherstone's terrier "Foon" ("written 'Featherstonehaugh' ") in the detective novel Police at the Funeral by Margery Allingham (1931)
Harry Featherstonhaugh in the Lady Hardcastle Mystery Books by T.E. Kinsey.
Piers Featherstonehaugh is the protagonist in the game
The Gene Machine.
In E.M Forster's
Maurice, Clive Durham refers to a Featherstonhaugh who has a pianola. In the film, he pronounces it "Feestonhay"
^Debrett's Correct Form, ed. Patrick Montague-Smith, Debrett's Peerage Ltd, 1976, p. 381
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