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

## See also[edit]

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

## References[edit]

1. ^ [1], surnamedb.com

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