Tangye

Tangye
Origin
Richard Tangye
Word/name	Fire dog

Tangye is a surname of Breton origin^[1] and is common in Cornwall. It may refer to:

Richard Tangye, industrialist (1833–1906)
- His son, Sir Harold Lincoln Tangye [Wikidata], 1st Baronet (1866–1935)
  - His son, Sir Basil Richard Gilzean Tangye [Wikidata], 2nd Baronet (1895–1969)
- His son, Lt. Colonel Richard Trevithick Gilbertstone Tangye [Wikidata] O.B.E., JP
  - His son Derek Tangye
    - Derek's wife Jean Tangye
  - His son Nigel Tangye
- His niece, Helena Tangye Lean
  - Her son Edward Tangye Lean
  - Her son David Tangye Lean, aka David Lean
George Tangye, Richard's brother

See also

References

^ Hanks, Patricia; Hodges, Flavia (1996). A Dictionary of Surnames (corrected ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 524.

Further reading

Scott, Tim, ed. (1999) Cornish Connections: the Tangye checklist; Derek Tangye, Jean Nicol-Tangye & Nigel Tangye; 2nd ed. Wokingham: Cornish Connections / Hare's Ear ISBN 0-9515686-6-3 (1st ed. 1997)