Langtry (surname)
Langtry is an English surname of habitational origin which derives from three settlements in Devon, Oxfordshire, and Lancashire called Langtree, from the Old English lang, long ‘long’, ‘tall’ + treow ‘tree’.
Notable Langtrys include:
- Henry Langtry, English cavalry colonel
- Joseph Langtry, Royal Navy captain
- John Langtry, M.A., D.C.L., member of the Anglican Church in Canada
- Albert P. Langtry, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, U.S.A.
- Lillie Langtry, born Emilie Charlotte Le Breton, renowned British actress
- * Jeanne Marie Langtry Malcolm, illegitimate daughter of Lillie Langtry
- Henry V.M. Langtry, British Army lieutenant-colonel
- Joe Langtry, Australian politician
- J.M. Langtry, British footballer and technical adviser on shipbuilding
- Roberta Langtry, Canadian philanthropist
- James I. Langtry, government official and educator
- Brian Langtry, lacrosse player for the Colorado Mammoth and the Denver Outlaws
- Arthur Langtry, a fictional character in Jim Butcher's novel series The Dresden Files
