Carnarvon
Carnarvon and Caernarvon are forms of the name Caernarfon which are no longer used for the town in north Wales, but remain in use in other contexts. The first two forms are in English orthography and the third is the Welsh spelling, adopted in English since the 1970s. Most places and things named after Caernarfon use one of the former spellings.
Places
Australia
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Western Australia
Canada
- Caernarvon (Edmonton), residential neighbourhood in Edmonton, Alberta
- Carnarvon Elementary School, Vancouver, British Columbia
- Carnarvon (Ontario), hamlet in Minden Hills, Haliburton County, Ontario
- Mount Carnarvon, Yoho National Park, Kootenay Land District, British Columbia
Hong Kong
New Zealand
- Carnarvon, former name of the small town of Himatangi
South Africa
United Kingdom (Wales)
United States of America
People
- Earl of Carnarvon, a title created more than once
- Robert Dormer, 1st Earl of Carnarvon (1610–1643)
- Charles Dormer, 2nd Earl of Carnarvon (1632–1709)
- James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, 1st Earl of Carnarvon (1673–1744)
- Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Carnarvon (1741–1811)
- Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Carnarvon (1772–1833)
- Henry Herbert, 3rd Earl of Carnarvon (1800–1849)
- Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon (1831–1890)
- George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (1866–1923), financed the excavations which discovered Tutankhamun's tomb
- Henry Herbert, 6th Earl of Carnarvon (1898–1987)
- Henry Herbert, 7th Earl of Carnarvon (1924–2001)
- George Herbert, 8th Earl of Carnarvon (born 1956)
Ships
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