Tailboys or Talboys was the name of a prominent gentry family from Lincolnshire, England.
People of this surname include:
Ivo Taillebois (d 1094), Norman landholder in Lincolnshire and sheriff.Brian Talboys (1921–2012), New Zealand politicianElizabeth Blount, also known as Bessie Blount, who became Baroness Tailboys on her marriageGilbert Tailboys (c.1497/8–30 April 1530), 1st Baron Tailboys of KymeGraeme K. Talboys (b. 1953), English writer.Keith Talboys (b. 1931), former English cricketer.Steve Talboys (b. 1966), former English footballer.Sir William Tailboys, 7th Baron Tailboys of Kyme, Lincolnshire squire."Talboys" is also the name of the fictional country home of Lord Peter Wimsey and his wife Harriet.