# Edwardes

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For other uses, see [Edwardes (disambiguation)](/source/Edwardes_(disambiguation)).

**Edwardes** is a [family name](/source/Family_name) of [English](/source/England) origins. It is a variant of [Edwards](/source/Edwards_(surname)), and means "son of [Edward](/source/Edward)".

People with this surname include:

- [Cheryl Edwardes](/source/Cheryl_Edwardes) (born 1950), Australian retired politician
- [David Edwardes](/source/David_Edwardes) ([fl.](/source/Floruit) 1532), English anatomist
- [Francis Edwardes (disambiguation)](/source/Francis_Edwardes_(disambiguation)), three Edwardes baronets and a Member of Parliament
- [George Edwardes](/source/George_Edwardes) (1855–1915), English theatre manager
- [Herbert Benjamin Edwardes](/source/Herbert_Benjamin_Edwardes) (1819–1868), English administrator, major-general and statesman
- [May de Montravel Edwardes](/source/May_de_Montravel_Edwardes) (1887–1967), English painter
- [Michael Edwardes](/source/Michael_Edwardes) (1930–2019), British-South African business executive
- [Olga Edwardes](/source/Olga_Edwardes) (1917–2008) British-South African actress and artist
- [Richard Edwardes](/source/Richard_Edwardes) (1525–1566), English poet, playwright and composer; suspected of being a son of Henry VIII
- [Thomas Edwardes (disambiguation)](/source/Thomas_Edwardes_(disambiguation)), three Edwardes baronets
- [William Edwardes (disambiguation)](/source/William_Edwardes_(disambiguation)), four Barons Kensington

In the [Alfred Hitchcock](/source/Alfred_Hitchcock) film *[Spellbound](/source/Spellbound_(1945_film))*, [Gregory Peck](/source/Gregory_Peck)'s character impersonates murder victim Dr. Anthony Edwardes.

## See also

- [Edwardes family](/source/Edwardes_family)
- [Edwards (disambiguation)](/source/Edwards_(disambiguation))

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