Beddoe

Beddoe is a surname of Welsh origin. At the time of the British Census of 1881,^[1] its frequency was highest in Pembrokeshire (over 65 times the national average), followed by Shropshire, Glamorgan, Monmouthshire, Herefordshire, Carmarthenshire, Staffordshire, Cardiganshire and Warwickshire. The name Beddoe may refer to:

• Alan Beddoe (1893–1975), Canadian artist, consultant in Heraldry, and founder of the Heraldry Society of Canada
• Clive Beddoe (born 1947), founding shareholder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of WestJet Airlines
• David Rowe-Beddoe, Baron Rowe-Beddoe, British politician and member of the House of Lords
• Dan Beddoe (1863–1937), Welsh tenor
• Don Beddoe (1903–1991), American character actor
• John Beddoe (1826–1911), British ethnologist
• Philo Beddoe a character played by Clint Eastwood in the motion pictures Every Which Way But Loose and Any Which Way You Can. Philo is trucker in the San Fernando valley and a bare knuckle fighter. His sidekick is an orangutan named Clyde.

See also

• Beddoes

References