Elwes (/ˈɛlwɪs/) is an English surname whose spelling over the years has included Helwish, Helewise, Helwys, Elwaiss, Elwaies and Elway. It may refer to:
Columba Cary-Elwes (1903–1994), English Benedictine monk
Elwes baronets, 1660–1787
Eva Elwes (1876-1950), English actor and playwright
Catherine Elwes (born 1952), British feminist video artist
Sir Gervase Elwes, 1st Baronet (1628–1706)
Gervase Elwes, junior (c. 1657–1687) politician
Gervase Elwes (1866–1921), English singer; father of Simon
Simon Elwes (1902–1975), English artist; father of Dominick and Peter
Peter Elwes (1929-2017)
Luke Elwes (born 1961), English artist
Jake Elwes (born 1993), English media artist
Dominick Elwes (1931–1975), English artist; 3 sons listed below
Cassian Elwes (born 1959), English independent film producer
Damian Elwes (born 1960), English artist
Cary Elwes (born 1962), English actor
Henry John Elwes (1846–1922) English botanist and plant-collector
John Elwes (politician) (1714–1789), grandson of Sir Gervase (born Meggot)
John Elwes (tenor) (born 1946), English singer
Polly Elwes (1928–1987), English television reporter and presenter
Richard Elwes (1901-1968), English barrister and High Court judge
Robert Elwes (British Army officer) (1856–1881), English soldier
Robert Elwes (painter) (1818–1878), English traveller and painter
Several of these, including Gervase Elwes, were of the Cary-Elwes branch of the family, but chose not to use a hyphenated name.
Surname list
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Maisel. Elwes has written a memoir of his time working on The Princess Bride called As You Wish, which was published in 2014. Ivan Simon Cary Elwes was born...
Cary-Elwes (1903–1994), English Benedictine monk Elwes baronets, 1660–1787 Eva Elwes (1876-1950), English actor and playwright Catherine Elwes (born...
Cassian Cary Elwes (born 7 August 1959) is a British independent film producer and talent agent. Cassian Elwes was born on 7 August 1959 in London. He...
international scandal. Elwes (pronounced "El-wez") was born on 24 August 1931 at Billing Hall, Northamptonshire to English portrait painter Simon Elwes (RA, KM), and...
Elwes was born in London into a family of artists. His father Dominick Elwes and grandfather Simon Elwes were portrait painters. Both died when Elwes...
normative biases of artificial intelligence. Elwes (pronounced "El-wez") was born in London to Anneke and Luke Elwes a British contemporary artist and painter...
Elwes (pronounced "El-wez") was born in London, where he now works and lives with his wife, Anneke and their two children Jake Elwes and Toby Elwes....
eloped with the painter Dominick Elwes. On 27 November 1957, Geoffrey Kennedy obtained a restraining order against Elwes. However, the High Court Tipstaff...
Gervase Henry Cary-Elwes, DL (15 November 1866 – 12 January 1921), better known as Gervase Elwes, was an English tenor of great distinction, who exercised...
Dorothy Cary Elwes (born 25 July 1964) is an English actress. Amanda Elwes and her twin sister Lydia were born to Timothy Cyprian George Thomas Elwes, of East...
Cary-Elwes family, of which many branches are known simply as "Elwes", which includes noted British monks and bishops, such as Abbot Columba Cary-Elwes, Bishop...
John Elwes may refer to: John Elwes (tenor) (born 1946), English tenor singer John Elwes (politician) (1714–1789), English Member of Parliament and miser...
Polly Elwes, born Mary Freya Elwes (29 February 1928 – 15 July 1987), was a British BBC Television in-vision announcer from 1957 to 1960. She attended...
Richard Jeremy Elwes (born 15 July 1997) is a British national representative rower. He is an Olympic medallist and two-time world champion. Elwes was educated...
Cary Elwes Comedy 'The Hyperions'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 1, 2023. Dick, Jeremy (February 11, 2022). "The Hyperions Trailer Has Cary Elwes Leading...
Hero Fiennes Tiffin as Henry Hayes Babs Olusanmokun as Richard Heron Cary Elwes as Brigadier Gubbins 'M' Til Schweiger as Heinrich Luhr Henrique Zaga as...
owned by his family since 1600. The botanist Henry John Elwes is his great-grandfather. Elwes suffered serious injuries when he fell three floors through...
in Elizabeth Thompson's 1898 painting "Floreat Etona!". Elwes was born in 1856 to Robert Elwes and Mary Frances Lucas at Congham House, near King's Lynn...
370 specimens of Palaearctic butterflies. Henry John Elwes was the eldest son of John Henry Elwes of Colesbourne Park near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire...
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