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Early Origins of the Brickwood family

The surname Brickwood was first found in Surrey where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the 13th century when they held estates at Long and Thames Ditton.

Early History of the Brickwood family

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Brickwood Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Brickwood, Brikwood, Brichwood, Brickwald, Birkwood, Birchwood and many more.

Early Notables of the Brickwood family

Distinguished members of the family include

  • the Brickwood family of Long Sutton

Migration of the Brickwood family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..


Contemporary Notables of the name Brickwood (post 1700) +

  • Sir John Brickwood (1852-1932), English executive, chairman and managing director of Brickwood & Company brewers in Portsmouth, England, created 1st Baronet Brickwood, of Portsmouth in 1904
  • Sir Rupert Redvers Brickwood (1900-1974), English peer, 2nd Baronet Brickwood, of Portsmouth, Squadron Leader in the Royal Auxiliary Air Force (WWII)
  • Brickwood Galuteria, American Democratic Party politician, Member of Democratic National Committee from Hawaii, 2004; Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Hawaii, 2004 1


  1. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, February 11) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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