Walkinshaw

Walkinshaw is a surname of Scottish origin. The surname is a habitational name derived from Walkinshaw in Renfrewshire. The name probably originates from the Old English wealcere "fuller" + sceaga "copse".

People

 * Alex Walkinshaw, (born 1974), English, an actor
 * Clementina Walkinshaw, (1720–1802), a mistress of Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie)
 * Lawrence H. Walkinshaw, (1904–1993), American ornithologist
 * Tom Walkinshaw (1946-2010), Scottish race car driver
 * Tom Walkinshaw (entrepreneur) (early 21st c.), Scottish entrepreneur

Fictional Characters

 * Theodore Walkinshaw, a character in the stage play Foggerty's Fairy (1881) by W. S. Gilbert.
 * Walkinshaw, an alias briefly assigned to Pongo Twistleton in the short story "Uncle Fred Flits By" (1935) by P. G. Wodehouse