Girdlestone Explained

Girdlestone is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Charles Girdlestone (1797–1881), English clergyman and biblical commentator
• (Charlotte) Hester Girdlestone (born 1911), mother of Stephen Oliver (composer) (1950–1992) and grandmother of John Oliver (b. 1977)
• Cuthbert Girdlestone (1895–1975), British musicologist
• Dylan Girdlestone (born 1989), South African cyclist
• Errol Girdlestone (born 1945), British music conductor
• Gathorne Robert Girdlestone (1881–1950), English orthopaedic surgeon, son of Robert Baker Girdlestone
• Henry Girdlestone (1863–1926), headmaster of St Peter's College, Adelaide, South Australia
• Robert Baker Girdlestone (1836–1923), English lexicographer, son of Charles Girdlestone
• Thomas Girdlestone (1758–1822), British physician and writer