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:
 * Albert P. Langtry (1860–1939), Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, U.S.A.
 * Brian Langtry (born 1976), lacrosse player for the Colorado Mammoth and the Denver Outlaws
 * Henry Langtry (1841–1892), English cavalry colonel
 * Henry V.M. Langtry (1869–1935), British Army lieutenant-colonel
 * James I. Langtry (1939–2021), government official and educator
 * James MacKay Langtry (1894–1971), British footballer and technical adviser on shipbuilding
 * John Langtry (1834–1906), M.A., D.C.L., member of the Anglican Church in Canada
 * Joe Langtry (1880–1951), Australian politician
 * Joseph Langtry (1805–1862), Royal Navy captain
 * Lillie Langtry (1853–1929), born Emilie Charlotte Le Breton, renowned British actress
 * Jeanne Marie Langtry Malcolm (1881–1964), illegitimate daughter of Lillie Langtry
 * Roberta Langtry (1916–2005), Canadian philanthropist


 * Arthur Langtry (the Merlin), a fictional character in Jim Butcher's novel series The Dresden Files