Featherstonhaugh /ˈfænʃɔː/ (also spelt Fetherstonhaugh and Featherstonehaugh) is an English surname. The name comes from Featherstonhaugh in Northumberland, from Old English feðere, "feather", stān, "stone", and healh, "corner". Notable people with this surname include:
Francis Fetherstonhaugh (c. 1575 – after 1624), an English statesman
Matthew Fetherstonhaugh (1714–1774), an English baron
George William Featherstonhaugh (1780–1866), an English-American geologist
George William Featherstonhaugh, Jr. (1814–1900), an American legislator and businessman
Godfrey Fetherstonhaugh (1859–1928), an Irish politician
Frederick Barnard Fetherstonhaugh (1863–1945), a Canadian patent lawyer
Constance Featherstonhaugh (later Benson; 1864–1946), an English actress
Harold Lea Fetherstonhaugh (1887–1971), a Canadian architect
Buddy Featherstonhaugh (1909–1976), an English jazz saxophonist
Mary Featherstonhaugh Frampton (née Featherstonhaugh; 1928–2014), an English civil servant
Robert Fetherstonhaugh (born 1932), an English cricketer
Also
The Fetherstonhaugh baronets
The Featherstonehaughs, a British dance company
"Cholmondeley Featherstonehaugh", an episode of the TV series Nanny and the Professor
