# Mainwaring

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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](/source/Anglo-Normans) 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](/source/Saint-Pa%C3%ABr), [Normandy](/source/Normandy). 

Notable people with the surname include:

==People==

* [Billy Mainwaring](/source/Billy_Mainwaring) (1941–2019), Welsh international second row rugby union player who played for Aberavon RFC
* [Chris Mainwaring](/source/Chris_Mainwaring) (1965–2007), Australian rules footballer and TV presenter
* [Daniel Mainwaring](/source/Daniel_Mainwaring) (1902–1977), American novelist and screenwriter
* [George Mainwaring (1642–1695)](/source/George_Mainwaring_(MP%2C_died_1695)), English politician
* [George Boulton Mainwaring](/source/George_Boulton_Mainwaring) (c. 1773–unknown), British politician
* [George Byers Mainwaring](/source/George_Byers_Mainwaring) (1824–1894), British Indian army officer and linguist
* [Henry Mainwaring](/source/Henry_Mainwaring) (1587–1653), English pirate, lawyer, author and diplomat
* [John Mainwaring](/source/John_Mainwaring) (1724–1807), English theologian and first biographer of the composer Georg Friedrich Händel
* [Marion Mainwaring](/source/Marion_Mainwaring) (1922–2015),  American novelist
* [Matty Mainwaring](/source/Matty_Mainwaring) (b. 1990), English footballer and boxer
* [Sam Mainwaring](/source/Sam_Mainwaring) (1841–1907), Welsh socialist and syndicalist trade union activist
* [William Mainwaring](/source/William_Mainwaring) (1884–1971), British miner and politician
* [William Mainwaring (English politician)](/source/William_Mainwaring_(English_politician)) (1735–1821), English politician, father of George Boulton Mainwaring

==In fiction==
* [Captain George Mainwaring](/source/Captain_Mainwaring), commander of the Home Guard platoon in the BBC sitcom ''Dad's Army''
:* [Elizabeth Mainwaring](/source/Elizabeth_Mainwaring), Captain Mainwaring's wife
:* [Barry Mainwaring](/source/Barry_Mainwaring), Captain Mainwaring's long-lost brother
* Veronica Mainwaring, protagonist in ''Demon Lover'', 1929 novel by [Dion Fortune](/source/Dion_Fortune)

==See also==
* [Mainwaring baronets](/source/Mainwaring_baronets)
* [''Mainwaring'' (HBC vessel)](/source/Mainwaring_(HBC_vessel)), operated by the HBC from 1807 to 1820; see [Hudson's Bay Company vessels](/source/Hudson's_Bay_Company_vessels)
* [Mannering](/source/Mannering), a surname
* [Manwaring](/source/Manwaring), a surname

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