Hadow

Hadow is a Scottish surname. A number of notable people have this name:


 * Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Lovell Hadow (1877–1968) who was commanding the Royal Newfoundland Regiment on the day of its destruction on the first day of the Battle of the Somme
 * Colonel Arthur De Salis Hadow (1858–1915) was commander of the 10th battalion of the Yorkshire Regiment and was killed in the Battle of Loos.
 * Charles Scott Hadow (1801–1849) co-owner of Willis, Hadow and Co, wine merchants of Scot's Yard, Bush lane, London and trader in India.
 * Douglas Robert Hadow (1846–1865) who died during the descent after the first ascent of the Matterhorn
 * Edward Ash Hadow, (1831–1866) chemist who conducted pioneering research on cyanide.
 * Major-General Frederick Edward Hadow (1836–1915) served during the Indian Mutiny, in the Madras Artillery, later became a Justice of the Peace in Hereford.
 * Professor George Hadow (1712–1780) professor of Hebrew and oriental languages at St Mary's College, University of St Andrews from 1748 to 1780
 * Canon Gerald Edgcumbe Hadow OBE (1911–1978) Missionary to Tanzania.
 * Gilbert Bethune Hadow (1832–1876) Surgeon in the 1st Battalion 5th Foot (Northumberland Fusiliers)
 * Sir Gordon Hadow (1908–1993) masterminded the transition of Gold Coast to independence from Great Britain.
 * Grace Eleanor Hadow (1875–1940) author, principal of St Anne's College, Oxford University and former vice-chairman of the Women's Institute
 * Principal James Hadow (1667–1747) Principal of St Mary's College, University of St Andrews from 1707 till 1747
 * Reverend James Hadow (1757–1847) Vicar of St Margaret's Church, Streatley, Bedfordshire for fifty nine years.
 * Sir (Reginald) Michael Hadow former British Ambassador to Israel and Argentina.
 * Patrick Douglas Hadow (1812–1876) former Chairman of P&O Shipping Company.
 * Patrick Francis Hadow (1855–1946) Wimbledon champion and big game hunter.
 * Pen Hadow (1962 - ) British explorer and the first man to walk solo and unsupported the 478 mi from the northern coast of Canada to the North Pole.
 * Commander Philip Henry Hadow, RN (1903–1942) Commander of HMS Ivanhoe which was mined and damaged in the North Sea.
 * Sir Robert Henry Hadow(1895–1963), diplomat and appeaser.
 * Walter Hadow (1849-1898) English cricketer, HM Commissioner for Prisons for Scotland.
 * Sir William Henry Hadow (1859–1937) educational reformer, musicologist and vice-chancellor of Sheffield University.