# Wardlaw

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Not to be confused with [Wardlow](/source/Wardlow_(disambiguation)).

**Wardlaw** is a first name and [surname](/source/Surname) of [Scottish](/source/Scottish_people) origin.

Wardlaw loosely translates to "watcher of the hill". The original Wardlaws resided in the [Scottish Highlands](/source/Scottish_Highlands), hence "watch of the hill," where as Wardlows resided in the [Scottish Lowlands](/source/Scottish_Lowlands).

The modern placenames of Wardlaw stem from the old English combination of watch and mound hill. Those being **weard** ‘watch’ + **hlāw** ‘mound hill’.[1] Other representations of Wardlaw throughout history are "Geard-hlaw", and "Wardelaue".[2]

**Family Motto:** "Famalias Firmat Pietas." ("Religion Strengthens Families.") [3]

## Origins

Wardlaw according to Playfair in his British Family Antiquity, Vol. VIII, published in 1811[4] is amongst the oldest in Scotland. The surname most likely traces it place of origin to [Kirkhill, Highland](/source/Kirkhill,_Highland) within the [Inverness](/source/Inverness) region. There the parish was formally called Wardlaw with origins tracing back to the 13th century.[5] The first recordings of Wardlaw are said to have occurred around 1210 AD but the first certain recording appeared when "[Henricus de Wardlaw](/source/Henricus_de_Wardlaw) was given a charter for half of the barony of Wiltone, in the county of Roxburgh."[2] Though the surname appeared as Wardelaue.

## Persons

- [Jesse Tawhiao-Wardlaw](/source/Jesse_Tawhiao-Wardlaw) (born 2000), Australian rules footballer
- [Alan Wardlaw](/source/Alan_Wardlaw) (1887–1938), Australian politician
- [Barbara Wardlaw](/source/Barbara_Wardlaw) (contemporary), Canadian politician of the First Nations
- [Chris Wardlaw](/source/Chris_Wardlaw) (born 1950), Australian long-distance runner
- [Claude Wardlaw](/source/Claude_Wardlaw) (1901–1985), British botanist
- [Elizabeth, Lady Wardlaw](/source/Elizabeth,_Lady_Wardlaw) (1677–1727), Scottish noblewoman and poet
- [Helen Wardlaw](/source/Helen_Wardlaw) (born 1982), English cricketer
- [Henry Wardlaw](/source/Henry_Wardlaw) (died 1440), Scottish church leader, Bishop of St Andrews, founder of the University of St Andrews
- [Henry Wardlaw of Pitreavie](/source/Henry_Wardlaw_of_Pitreavie) (1565–1637), Scottish courtier and administrator for Anne of Denmark
- [Iain Wardlaw](/source/Iain_Wardlaw) (born 1985), Scottish cricketer
- [Jack Wardlaw](/source/Jack_Wardlaw) (1937–2012), American journalist* [Joanna Wardlaw](/source/Joanna_Wardlaw) (born 1958), Scottish physician, radiologist, and academic
- [John Wardlaw-Milne](/source/John_Wardlaw-Milne) (1879–1967), British politician for Kidderminster
- [Kim McLane Wardlaw](/source/Kim_McLane_Wardlaw) (born 1954), American jurist in the federal courts
- [Lee Wardlaw](/source/Lee_Wardlaw) (contemporary), American author of children's books
- [Nicolas Wardlaw, Lady Bonnyton](/source/Nicolas_Wardlaw,_Lady_Bonnyton), Scottish lady-in-waiting
- [Ralph Wardlaw](/source/Ralph_Wardlaw) (1779–1853), Scottish Presbyterian clergyman and writer
- [Robert Wardlaw](/source/Robert_Wardlaw) (1889–1964), Australian politician from Tasmania
- [Walter Wardlaw](/source/Walter_Wardlaw) (died *c.* 1387), Scottish Bishop of Glasgow, uncle of Henry Wardlaw
- [Gareth Wardlaw](/source/Gareth_Wardlaw) (born 1979), Scottish former footballer.

## Peerage

- [Wardlaw baronets](/source/Wardlaw_baronets), a title in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia

## Places

- [Wardlaw-Hartridge](/source/Wardlaw-Hartridge) school in [Edison](/source/Edison,_New_Jersey), [New Jersey](/source/New_Jersey)
- [Ward Law](/source/Ward_Law), hill with a Roman fort, near Shearington, [Dumfries & Galloway](/source/Dumfries_%26_Galloway)
- [Wardlaw Museum](/source/Wardlaw_Museum), located in, [St Andrews](/source/St_Andrews,_Scotland), [Scotland](/source/Scotland)
- [Pitreavie Castle](/source/Pitreavie_Castle), bought by [Henry Wardlaw](/source/Henry_Wardlaw_of_Pitreavie) in 1608.
- [Lochore Castle](/source/Lochore_Castle), one of the earliest Wardlaw places.[6]

## References

1. ["Wardlaw Name Meaning & Wardlaw Family History at Ancestry.com®"](https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=wardlaw). *www.ancestry.com*

1. ["Surname Database: Wardlaw Last Name Origin"](https://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Wardlaw). *The Internet Surname Database*

1. ["Home"](http://clancentral.co.uk/). *ClanCentral*

1. ["Barter Books : Playfair, William : The Baronetage of Scotland. British Family Antiquity: Illustrative of the Origin and Progress of the Rank Honours and Personal Merit of the Nobility of the United Kingdom, .. Volume VIII. Containing the Baronetage of Scotland."](https://www.barterbooks.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=1_25&products_id=107253&osCsid=3dq8hlubkfnkjbd3ra0c41uek0). *www.barterbooks.co.uk*

1. ["History - Kirkhill Church"](http://www.kiltarlityandkirkhill.org.uk/about-us/kirkhill-church/)

1. ["Clan Wardlaw - Scotland"](https://www.clanwardlaw.com/scotland/). *www.clanwardlaw.com*

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