Colston (name)
Colston is a surname, and also a given name. The name has several origins. It is sometimes from a Middle English given name Colstan, probably from Old Norse kol "charcoal" and steinn "stone". It may also be an English habitation name, from Colston Bassett or Car Colston in Nottinghamshire, or from Coulston in Wiltshire.Surname
Notable people with the surname include:
- Bob Colston, British sports broadcaster
- Charles Colston, 1st Baron Roundway, British Conservative Party politician
- Sir Charles Colston, British washing manufacturer and founder of Colston-Ariston
- David Colston, American politician
- Edward Colston, British merchant, slave trader and Member of Parliament
- Edward Colston , English Member of Parliament
- Edward Colston , U.S. Representative from Virginia
- Edward Francis Colston, English landowner, owner of Roundway Park, Wiltshire
- Edward Murray Colston, 2nd Baron Roundway, British army officer
- Fifi Colston, New Zealander artist and author
- Fred Colston, American tennis player
- James A. Colston, American college president
- Mal Colston, Australian politician
- Marques Colston, American football player
- Peter Colston, English ornithologist
- Raleigh E. Colston, American professor, soldier, cartographer, and writer
- William Colston, English settler in Newfoundland
Given name
Notable people with the given name include:
- Howell Colston Featherston, American politician
- William Colston Leigh Sr., American founder of the Leigh Bureau speakers agency
- Sir Nicholas Colston Lockyer, Australian public servant
- Edward Colston Marshall, American politician
- Bruce Colston Trapnell Jr, American bioinformatician
- Colston Warne, American economist
- Colston Weatherington, American football player
- Colston Westbrook, American teacher and linguist
