Hepburn
Hepburn is a
Scottish family name that is also associated with a variety of famous personages,
eponyms, places, and things. Whilst a Scottish name, its origins are widely suspected to lie south of the border in the north of
England. Specifically the name is thought to have derived from either the town of
Hebron or
Hebburn, both of which are in the
Northumberland area. The origins of the name are suggested to be the same as that of Hebburn from the
Anglo Saxon words
heah, meaning high and
byrgen, meaning burial place. Alternatively it could mean something along the lines of "high place beside the water", as the word
burn is a still widely used
Scots word to mean river.
Next to
Chillingham Castle there remains a Bastle Tower where the family originated. This was the seat of a line of the family until the
eighteenth century when that branch died out having left only a female heir. However, it is as the
Earls of Bothwell that the Hepburn family are perhaps best remembered. This branch of the family originated in
Lothian when a Hepburn was granted land having saved the
Earl of March from a horse that had lost control. This family first became the
Lords of Hailes before being granted the Earldom of Bothwell.
There were also Hepburn's of Waughton, thought by some to have branched off from the Hailes line, thought by others to predate it. Another line was the Hepburn's of Beanston, and yet another was the Hepburn's of Athelstaneford. All of these families were prominent in various ways at various junctures of Scottish history, but all were primarily located around the East Lothian area.
Hepburn is the name of a family of
Scottish nobles:
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Patrick Hepburn, 1st Lord of Hailes*
Adam Hepburn, Master of Hailes (son of Patrick, 1st Lord of Hailes)
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John Hepburn (son of Patrick, 1st Lord of Hailes)
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Patrick Hepburn, 1st Earl of Bothwell (son of Adam, Master of Hailes)
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Adam Hepburn of Craggis (son of Adam, Master of Hailes)
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George Hepburn (son of Adam, Master of Hailes)
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Adam Hepburn, 2nd Earl of Bothwell (son of Patrick, 1st Earl of Bothwell)
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Patrick Hepburn, 3rd Earl of Bothwell (son of Adam, 2nd Earl of Bothwell)
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James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell (son of Patrick, 3rd Earl of Bothwell) - lover and third husband of Queen
Mary I of Scotland.
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Francis Stewart Hepburn, 1st Earl of Bothwell (nephew of James, 4th Earl of Bothwell)
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Alonzo Barton Hepburn, was a
banker and
politician.
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Bernard Rickart Hepburn, was a member of the
Canadian House of Commons.
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James de Congalton Hepburn, was the
Speaker of the Ontario Legislature.
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Mitchell Hepburn is the youngest ever
Premier of Ontario.
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Patrick Buchan-Hepburn was a
Scottish Conservative politician.
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Stephen Hepburn is a British
Member of Parliament.
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William Peters Hepburn was a
Repbulican Representative for
Iowa and author of the
Hepburn Act of
1906.
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Alexa Hepburn, is a
social psychologist.
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Andrew Dousa Hepburn, was a president of
Davidson College.
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Charles A Hepburn, was a
Glasgow based mercantile philanthropist who donated a large collection of books and manuscripts to the
University of Glasgow.
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James Bonaventure Hepburn, was a Scottish catholic scholar.
*The Reverend
James Curtis Hepburn was a linguist who devised the Hepburn romanization system which was used to transcribe the Japanese language into the Roman alphabet.
*Ronald William Hepburn''' is a
philosopher.
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Katharine Hepburn was an actress.
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Audrey Hepburn was an actress.
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Barton Hepburn was an actor.
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Cassandra Hepburn is an actress.
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Dee Hepburn was an actress.
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Hepburn was an all-female British pop band.
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Doug Hepburn was a
Canadian weightlifter.
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Ralph Hepburn was an
American racecar driver and
motorcycle racing champion.
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Robert Hepburn was the writer of the
Edinburgh Tatler and a member of the
Faculty of Advocates.
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Arthur Japy Hepburn was an Admiral in the
United States Navy.
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Sir John Hepburn was the founder of the
Royal Scots regiment.
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Thomas Hepburn, was a miner and founder of
Hepburn's Union, a trade union for miners across
Northumberland and
County Durham.
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Hepburn Shire is an area of
Victoria in
Australia.
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Hepburn is a town in
Saskatchewan in
Canada.
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Hepburn is a small community in
Iowa in the
United States.
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Hepburn Township is a town in
Lycoming County,
Pennsylvania in the
United States.
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The Hepburn Family*
Clan Hepburn
