Winning History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England

The Winning surname is generally thought to be a habitational name taken on from a place name, such as from Winnington, an area of the town of Northwich in Cheshire, or Winningham, a now lost place in from East Yorkshire.

Early Origins of the Winning family

The surname Winning was first found in Cheshire where the family is "an ancient family of 'that seed-plot of gentry,' Cheshire. The paternal name was De Croxton, but in the reign of Edward I., Robert son of Lidulfus de Croxton, marrying the heiress of Winnington of Winnington, took the surname of his wife's family. [1] [2]

"Winnington Hall, anciently the seat of the Winningtons" [3] is located in the township of Winnington. Winnington is also a township, in the parish of Muckleston in Staffordshire but we must look to Cheshire for the family's origin.

Early History of the Winning family

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Winning Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Winnington, Winington, Winninton, Wininton and others.

Early Notables of the Winning family

Outstanding amongst the family at this time was

Sir Francis Winnington, (1634-1700), English lawyer and politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales (1674-1679); and his son, Salwey Winnington (1666-1736), of Stanford Court, Worcestershire...
The family claim descent from Robert Winnington, Lord of the Manor of Winnington, Cheshire. [4]

Migration of the Winning family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Dorothy Winnington, who arrived in Maryland in 1663; Nathan Winnington, who arrived in Virginia in 1735; Richard Winnington, who arrived in Maryland in 1663.

Contemporary Notables of the name Winning (post 1700) +

Brigadier Robert Emmet Winning (1906-1971), Commanding Officer, 4th Australian Infantry Brigade from 1945 to 1946 [5]
Thomas Joseph Winning (b. 1925), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland (1974-2001)

Citations +

Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
Shirley, Evelyn Philip, The Noble and Gentle Men of England; The Arms and Descents. Westminster: John Bower Nichols and Sons, 1866, Print.
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
Generals of World War II. (Retrieved 2011, September 8) Robert Winning. Retrieved from http://generals.dk/general/Winning/Robert_Emmet/Australia.html