The surname '''Mainwaring''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|æ|n|ər|ɪ|ŋ}} or {{IPAc-en|ˌ|m|eɪ|n|'|w|ɛər|ɪ|ŋ}}) is an Anglo-Norman territorial surname deriving from "Mesnil Warin" (or "Mesnilwarin", "Mesnilvarin", "Mesnil Varin"), from the village of Le Mesnil Varin (= "the manor of Warin"), now Saint-Paër, Normandy.
Notable people with the surname include:
==People==
* Billy Mainwaring (1941–2019), Welsh international second row rugby union player who played for Aberavon RFC * Chris Mainwaring (1965–2007), Australian rules footballer and TV presenter * Daniel Mainwaring (1902–1977), American novelist and screenwriter * George Mainwaring (1642–1695), English politician * George Boulton Mainwaring (c. 1773–unknown), British politician * George Byers Mainwaring (1824–1894), British Indian army officer and linguist * Henry Mainwaring (1587–1653), English pirate, lawyer, author and diplomat * John Mainwaring (1724–1807), English theologian and first biographer of the composer Georg Friedrich Händel * Marion Mainwaring (1922–2015), American novelist * Matty Mainwaring (b. 1990), English footballer and boxer * Sam Mainwaring (1841–1907), Welsh socialist and syndicalist trade union activist * William Mainwaring (1884–1971), British miner and politician * William Mainwaring (English politician) (1735–1821), English politician, father of George Boulton Mainwaring
==In fiction== * Captain George Mainwaring, commander of the Home Guard platoon in the BBC sitcom ''Dad's Army'' :* Elizabeth Mainwaring, Captain Mainwaring's wife :* Barry Mainwaring, Captain Mainwaring's long-lost brother * Veronica Mainwaring, protagonist in ''Demon Lover'', 1929 novel by Dion Fortune
==See also== * Mainwaring baronets * ''Mainwaring'' (HBC vessel), operated by the HBC from 1807 to 1820; see Hudson's Bay Company vessels * Mannering, a surname * Manwaring, a surname
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