Langtry (surname)
# 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
