Show ContentsStallworthy History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The name Stallworthy was a nickname for someone who was "stalwart" or "strong" having been derived from the "Middle English stalworth(y), stalew(u)rthe, etc.; Old English stæl-wyrpe, serviceable." 1 2

Early Origins of the Stallworthy family

The surname Stallworthy was first found in the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 where John le Stalewrthe, Oxfordshire; and Henry Stalewrth, Cambridgeshire were found. The Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379 had only one entry for the family at that time: Thomas Stalwrygh. 3

Another source notes, Thomas Stalworthi was listed at Pinchbeck, Suffolk in 1285 and later, John Stalworthy was found in Suffolk according to the Subsidy Rolls of 1327. 4

Early History of the Stallworthy family

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Stallworthy Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Stallwood, Stallard, Stollard, Stallworth, Stallworthy, Stollworth, Stollworthy and many more.

Early Notables of the Stallworthy family

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Migration of the Stallworthy family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Robert Stollard settled in Philadelphia in 1777.


Contemporary Notables of the name Stallworthy (post 1700) +

  • Jon "Howie" Stallworthy FBA FRSL (1935-2014), British Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Oxford
  • John Stallworthy (1854-1923), New Zealand politician, Liberal Party Member of Parliament, father of Arthur John Stallworthy
  • Arthur John Stallworthy (1877-1954), New Zealand politician of the United Party, and a Cabinet minister
  • Sir John Arthur Stallworthy FRCS (1906-1993), New Zealand-born, British obstetrician, Nuffield Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Oxford, from 1967 to 1973, father of Howie Stallworthy


  1. Harrison, Henry, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary Baltimore: Geneological Publishing Company, 2013. Print
  2. Smith, Eldson Coles, New Dictionary of American Family Names New York: Harper & Row, 1956. Print
  3. Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
  4. Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)


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