Trubshaw

Trubshaw

Trubshaw (or Trubshawe) is a family name, and may refer to any of the following:

*Brian Trubshaw (1924—2001), British pilot
*James Trubshaw (1777—1853), British architect and civil engineer
*Roy Trubshaw (born 1959), computer specialist
*Wilfred Trubshaw (died 1944), British solicitor and police officer

Fictional characters

*Five-year-old Nicholas Anthony Kemble in Eric Malpass's novel "Oh My Darling Daughter" (1970) is commonly referred to as "Trubshaw".
*"Chief-Inspector Eustace Trubshawe", retired, formerly of Scotland Yard, is a character in two whodunits by Gilbert Adair, "The Act of Roger Murgatroyd" (2006) and "A Mysterious Affair of Style" (2007).


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  • James Trubshaw — (13 February 1777 – 28 October 1853) was an English builder, architect and civil engineer. [http://books.google.com/books?id=v 8IAAAAIAAJ pg=PA79 lpg=PA79 dq=%22james+trubshaw%22 source=web ots=lRn G2RVGT sig= 6XtQJWpDYz1wo4 eGrqFpn83O8#PPA97,M1… …   Wikipedia

  • Brian Trubshaw — Ernest Brian Trubshaw, MVO, CBE, OBE (29 January 1924 25 March 2001) was a notable test pilot, and the first British pilot to fly Concorde, in April 1969. He was born in 1924 at Llanelli in Wales and educated at Winchester College. He signed up… …   Wikipedia

  • Wilfred Trubshaw — CBE (died 21 December 1944) was an English solicitor and police officer who served as Chief Constable of Lancashire County Constabulary from 1927 to 1935.Trubshaw came from a wealthy Staffordshire family. He was Assistant Solicitor to Lancashire… …   Wikipedia

  • Charles Trubshaw — (1841 15 February 1917) was an architect specifically associated with railway buildings on the London and North Western Railway and Midland Railway lines. He was the son of an architect (also called Charles), the architect and surveyor to… …   Wikipedia

  • Roy Trubshaw — (1959 ) was a programmer at the University of Essex who co authored, with Richard Bartle, the first known MUD on a DEC PDP 10.The duo now work at Multi User Entertainment with Trubshaw being the company’s technical director …   Wikipedia

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