Mainwaring
# Mainwaring

The surname Mainwaring (/ˈmænərɪŋ/ or /ˌmeɪnˈwɛərɪŋ/) is an Anglo-Norman territorial surname deriving from "Mesnil Warin" (or "Mesnilwarin", "Mesnilvarin", "Mesnil Varin"), from the village of Le Mesnil Varin (= "the manor of Warin"), now Saint-Paër, Normandy.

Notable people with the surname include:

## People

* Billy Mainwaring (1941–2019), Welsh international second row rugby union player who played for Aberavon RFC
* Chris Mainwaring (1965–2007), Australian rules footballer and TV presenter
* Daniel Mainwaring (1902–1977), American novelist and screenwriter
* George Mainwaring (1642-1695), English politician
* George Boulton Mainwaring (c. 1773–unknown), British politician
* Greg Manwaring (b. 1962), Classical animator, director, member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences
* Lieutenant-Colonel Harry Mainwaring (1919–2014), who was awarded an MC in fierce fighting after D-Day in the Normandy Campaign
* Henry Mainwaring (c. 1586-1653), pirate, lawyer, author and diplomat
* John Mainwaring (1724–1807), English theologian and first biographer of the composer Georg Friedrich Händel
* Marion Mainwaring (1922–2015), American novelist
* Matty Mainwaring (b. 1990), English footballer and boxer
* Sam Mainwaring (1841–1907), Welsh socialist and syndicalist trade union activist
* William Mainwaring (1884–1971), British miner and politician
* William Mainwaring (English politician) (1735–1821), English politician, father of George Boulton Mainwaring
* Ranulph Mainwaring, Justice of Chester in the reign of Richard I (1189–1199)
* Sam Mainwaring, Jr., labor activist in Britain, South Africa and the United States; nephew of Sam Mainwaring

## In fiction

* Captain George Mainwaring, commander of the Home Guard platoon in the BBC sitcom Dad's Army

   * Elizabeth Mainwaring, Captain Mainwaring's wife

   * Barry Mainwaring, Captain Mainwaring's long-lost brother
* Lil Mainwaring, In Movie "Marnie" - Alfred Hitcock's movie - Sean Connery's Main Line Philadelphia former sister in law
* Veronica Mainwaring, Protagonist in Demon Lover, 1929 novel by Dion Fortune

## Transportation

* Mainwaring (HBC vessel), operated by the HBC from 1807-1820, see Hudson's Bay Company vessels
