Elwes

Elwes is an English surname whose spelling over the years has included Helwish, Helewise, Helwys, Elwaiss, Elwaies and Elway. A notable family of the name were landed gentry, of Roxby in Lincolnshire; several of the individuals listed below were from this Elwes family, members of which invariably used the final middle name "Cary" (sometimes hyphenated to form a double-barrelled surname) following the 1717 marriage of Robert Elwes (1690-1752) and Martha, daughter of Richard Cary, of Bedford Row, London, a merchant and a governor of the Bank of England.

People with the Elwes surname:
 * Columba Cary-Elwes (1903–1994), English Benedictine monk
 * Elwes baronets, 1660–1787
 * Eva Elwes (1876-1950), English actor and playwright
 * Catherine Elwes (born 1952), British feminist video artist
 * Sir Gervase Elwes, 1st Baronet (1628–1706)
 * Gervase Elwes, junior (c. 1657–1687) politician
 * Gervase Elwes (1866–1921), English singer; father of Simon
 * Simon Elwes (1902–1975), English artist; father of Dominick and Peter
 * Peter Elwes (1929-2017)
 * Luke Elwes (born 1961), English artist
 * Jake Elwes (born 1993), English media artist
 * Dominick Elwes (1931–1975), English artist; 3 sons listed below
 * Cassian Elwes (born 1959), English independent film producer
 * Damian Elwes (born 1960), English artist
 * Cary Elwes (born 1962), English actor
 * Henry John Elwes (1846–1922) English botanist and plant-collector
 * John Elwes (politician) (1714–1789), grandson of Sir Gervase (born Meggot)
 * John Elwes (tenor) (born 1946), English singer
 * Polly Elwes (1928–1987), English television reporter and presenter
 * Richard Elwes (1901-1968), English barrister and High Court judge
 * Robert Elwes (British Army officer) (1856–1881), English soldier
 * Robert Elwes (painter) (1818–1878), English traveller and painter