Touche (surname) explained

Touche is a French surname, related to Touchet and Touchette.^[1]

People with the surname

• Christian Latouche (born 1939/1940), French billionaire businessman
• Claude Guimond de La Touche (1723–1760) French playwright and poet
• David La Touche (1729–1817), MP for Newcastle (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
• David La Touche (1768–1816), MP for Newcastle (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
• Gaston La Touche (1854–1913), French post-impressionist painter
• George Touche (1861–1935), founder of Touche accountancy firm
• Sir Gordon Touche, 1st Baronet (1895–1972), British MP
• Henri de Latouche (1785–1851), French writer
• Jacques-Ignace de La Touche, French painter of miniatures and portraits
• John La Touche (disambiguation)
• Méhée de La Touche (1762–1826), French spy
• Peter La Touche (c. 1775–1830), Irish politician
• Robert La Touche, MP for Harristown (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
• Rose La Touche (1848–1875), inspiration of John Ruskin's Sesame and Lilies
• Serge Latouche (born 1940), French economist
• Touche baronets, related to above-mentioned George and Gordon

Middle or double surname

• Anthony La Touche Kirwan (fl. 1839–1868), Irish Anglican priest
• Arthur William La Touche Bisset (1892-1956), British naval officer
• Charles-Auguste Levassor de La Touche-Tréville (1745–1788), French naval officer
• Edmund la Touche Armstrong (1864–1946), Australian historian and librarian
• Jeremiah La Touche Cuyler (1768–1839), United States federal judge
• Louis-René Levassor de Latouche Tréville (1745–1804), French naval officer
• William La Touche Congreve (1891–1916), English soldier
• Valentine la Touche McEntee, 1st Baron McEntee (1871–1953), Irish-born UK politician

See also

• Touche (disambiguation)

Notes and References

1. Book: Dictionary of American Family Names . 3 . Hanks . Patrick . . 9780195081374 . 491 . 8 May 2003 . 4 April 2017 . Google Books.