Audley (surname)

Audley is a surname of Old English origin derived from the village of Audley, Staffordshire.^[1] Notable people with the surname include:

• Anselm Audley (born 1982), British fantasy writer
• Eleanor Audley (1905–1991), American actress
• Henry de Audley (1175–1246), English baron
• Hugh Audley (1577–1662), English moneylender and lawyer in the 17th century
• Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester (1291–1347), English lord
• James Audley (disambiguation), several people
• John Audley (disambiguation), several people
• Margaret Audley (disambiguation), several people
• Margaret de Audley, 2nd Baroness Audley (1318–c.1350), English noblewoman
• Maxine Audley (1923–1992), English actress
• Michael Audley (1913–1995), American film director
• Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden (1488–1544), Lord Chancellor under Henry VIII
• Tom Audley (born 1986), English rugby player

Fictional characters:

• Charles Audley, protagonist of the Georgette Heyer historical romance novel about the Battle of Waterloo, An Infamous Army
• David Audley, protagonist in the series of eponymous British espionage thrillers by Anthony Price
• Julian Audley, Earl of Worth, protagonist of the Georgette Heyer historical romance novel, Regency Buck
• Lucy Audley, protagonist of the Mary Elizabeth Braddon's sensational novel Lady Audley's Secret

• Baron Audley, a title in the English peerage
• Audley Harrison, British professional boxer.

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Audley.
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