Chisholm (surname)
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Chisholm is a Scottish surname. It is derived from a habitational name from Chisholme, near Hawick
, in the south of Scotland. The name is derived from the Old English elements cese, meaning "cheese
"; and holm, meaning "piece of dry land in a fen
". In the 14th century, members of the Chisholm family
migrated into the Scottish Highlands
and their name was Gaelicised. The Scottish Gaelic form of the name is Siosal (masculine), and Shiosal (feminine).
Hawick
Hawick is a town in the Scottish Borders of south east Scotland. It is south-west of Jedburgh and south-southeast of Selkirk. It is one of the farthest towns from the sea in Scotland, in the heart of Teviotdale, and the biggest town in the former county of Roxburghshire. Hawick's architecture is...
, in the south of Scotland. The name is derived from the Old English elements cese, meaning "cheese
Cheese
Cheese is a generic term for a diverse group of milk-based food products. Cheese is produced throughout the world in wide-ranging flavors, textures, and forms....
"; and holm, meaning "piece of dry land in a fen
Fen
A fen is a type of wetland fed by mineral-rich surface water or groundwater. Fens are characterised by their water chemistry, which is neutral or alkaline, with relatively high dissolved mineral levels but few other plant nutrients...
". In the 14th century, members of the Chisholm family
Clan Chisholm
Clan Chisholm is a Scottish clan. The clan had its origin outside Scotland. The first Chisholm to appear in the records of Scotland was Alexander de Chesholme, who witnessed a charter in 1248/49.-Origins of the Clan:...
migrated into the Scottish Highlands
Scottish Highlands
The Highlands is an historic region of Scotland. The area is sometimes referred to as the "Scottish Highlands". It was culturally distinguishable from the Lowlands from the later Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland Scots replaced Scottish Gaelic throughout most of the Lowlands...
and their name was Gaelicised. The Scottish Gaelic form of the name is Siosal (masculine), and Shiosal (feminine).
In Australia
- Alexander Hugh ChisholmAlexander Hugh ChisholmAlexander Hugh Chisholm was a noted Australian journalist, newspaper editor, author and amateur ornithologist. He was a member of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union , President of the RAOU 1939-1940, and Editor of its journal the Emu 1926-1928. He was elected a Fellow of the RAOU in 1941...
, journalist, newspaper editor, author and ornithologist - Ashleigh ChisholmAshleigh ChisholmAshleigh Chisholm is an Australian actress. She starred as Felicity 'Fliss' Sidebotham in The Sleepover Club, a children's television show about five pre-teenage girls...
, actress - Mark ChisholmMark ChisholmMark Chisholm is an Australian rugby union footballer. He currently plays for the Brumbies in the international Super Rugby competition...
, rugby player - Scott Chisholm (footballer)Scott Chisholm (footballer)Scott Chisholm is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Fremantle and Melbourne in the Australian Football League between 1995 and 2000...
, Aboriginal Australian Rules footballer - Ashleigh ChisholmAshleigh ChisholmAshleigh Chisholm is an Australian actress. She starred as Felicity 'Fliss' Sidebotham in The Sleepover Club, a children's television show about five pre-teenage girls...
, Australian actress - Keith Bruce ChisholmKeith Bruce ChisholmFlight Lieutenant Keith Bruce Chisholm M.C, D.F.M was a distinguished Australian pilot who served in 452 squadron during World War II. He was recognized for his exploits with the Polish and French resistance, after being shot down over France, in October 1941.-Early career:Chisholm was born in...
, a distinguished Australian fighter pilot
In Canada
- Alexander Chisholm (Upper Canada politician), political figure in Upper Canada
- Angus ChisholmAngus ChisholmAngus Chisholm was a Cape Breton fiddler. He was the son of Archie Chisholm and Isabel MacLennan.He was one of the first fiddlers from the island to record a commercially available album...
, Cape Breton fiddler - Brock ChisholmBrock ChisholmGeorge Brock Chisholm, CC, MC & Bar was a Canadian First World War veteran, medical practitioner, and the first Director-General of the World Health Organization...
, physician - George King ChisholmGeorge King ChisholmGeorge King Chisholm was an Ontario farmer and political figure.He was born in Nelson Township in Upper Canada in 1814, the son of William Chisholm. He studied at Upper Canada College and moved to Hamilton, later settling in Oakville. He served in the Gore militia during the Upper Canada Rebellion...
, politician - Joseph Andrew ChisholmJoseph Andrew ChisholmSir Joseph Andrew Chisholm was Mayor of Halifax and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia.Born in Maryvale, Nova Scotia to William and Flora Chisholm, Chisholm was educated at St...
, politician and jurist - Marie-Hélène ChisholmMarie-Hélène ChisholmMarie-Hélène Chisholm is a Canadian judoka. She won a gold medal at the 2002 A Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria in the 70 kg category.-External links:*...
, judoka - Robert Chisholm (Canadian politician), former politician
- Robert Kerr ChisholmRobert Kerr ChisholmRobert Kerr Chisholm was a political figure in Oakville, Ontario, serving as mayor in 1866.He was born in Nelson Township in Upper Canada in 1819, the son of William Chisholm, and was educated in Hamilton. Chisholm served as reeve of Trafalgar Township in 1854 and 1856 and served on the Oakville...
, former politician - William Chisholm (Nova Scotia politician)William Chisholm (Nova Scotia politician)William Chisholm was a Canadian politician.Born in Heatherton, Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, Chisholm was educated at the Common School of Heatherton and graduated in Arts from the St. Francis Xavier College, Antigonish. He read law in the office of Colin F. Mclsaac, who was a member of the...
, former politician - William Chisholm (Upper Canada politician)William Chisholm (Upper Canada politician)William Chisholm was a farmer, businessman and political figure in Upper Canada.He was born in Jordan Bay, Nova Scotia in 1788, the son of a Scottish immigrant and United Empire Loyalist who originally settled in Tryon County, New York. The family moved to Upper Canada and settled near the current...
, founder of Oakville, Ontario
In the United Kingdom
- Aeneas Chisholm (vicar apostolic)Aeneas Chisholm (vicar apostolic)Aeneas Chisholm was a Roman Catholic bishop who served as the Vicar Apostolic of the Highland District, Scotland.Born in Strathglass, Inverness in 1759, he was ordained a priest in 1783. He was appointed the Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Highland District and Titular Bishop of Diocaesarea in...
- Aeneas Chisholm (bishop of Aberdeen)
- Caroline ChisholmCaroline ChisholmCaroline Chisholm was a progressive 19th-century English humanitarian known mostly for her involvement with female immigrant welfare in Australia. She is commemorated on 16 May in the Calendar of saints of the Church of England...
, English humanitarian - George Chisholm (geographer)George Chisholm (geographer)George Chisholm was a British geographer. He authored the first English-language textbook on economic geography: Handbook on Commercial Geography . It was later revised by Kenneth Stamp....
, author of first English-language economic geography textbook - George Chisholm (musician)George Chisholm (musician)George Chisholm OBE was a Scottish jazz trombonist.Born in Glasgow to a family of musicians, Chisholm's musical career began in the Glasgow Playhouse orchestra. In the late 1930s he moved to London, where he played in dance bands led by Bert Ambrose and Teddy Joyce...
, jazz trombonist - Gordon ChisholmGordon ChisholmGordon Chisholm is a Scottish professional football former player and manager. Chisholm played as a central defender for Sunderland, Hibernian, Dundee and Partick Thistle....
, Scottish footballer - Grace Chisholm YoungGrace Chisholm YoungGrace Chisholm Young was an English mathematician. She was educated at Girton College, Cambridge, England and continued her studies at Göttingen University in Germany, where in 1895 she became the first woman to receive a doctorate in any field in that country...
, mathematician (maiden name 'Chisholm') - Hugh ChisholmHugh ChisholmHugh Chisholm was a British journalist, and editor of the 11th and 12th editions of the Encyclopædia Britannica....
, journalist and editor of the Encyclopædia Britannica - Janet ChisholmJanet ChisholmJanet Chisholm , born Janet Anne Deane, was a British MI6 agent during the Cold War.She was born in India and educated in Berkshire studying Russian and French. After school, she worked in London before joining the Allied Control Commission and moving to West Germany...
, former MI6 agent - John Chisholm (Vicar Apostolic of the Highland District)
- John Chisholm (executive), businessman
- John Stephen Roy ChisholmJohn Stephen Roy ChisholmJ. S. R. Chisholm is an English mathematical physicist. He is currently Professor Emeritus of Applied Mathematics at the University of Kent. His Erdős number is 4...
(born 1926), English mathematical physicist - Malcolm ChisholmMalcolm ChisholmMalcolm Chisholm is a Scottish Labour Party politician, and a former Scottish Executive minister.-Background:Chisholm was educated at George Watson's College and the University of Edinburgh and became an English teacher. He is married with three children...
, Scottish politician - Melanie ChisholmMelanie ChisholmMelanie Jayne Chisholm is an English singer-songwriter, actress and businesswoman professionally known simply as Melanie C . She is best known as one of the five members of the girl group Spice Girls, in which she was nicknamed "Sporty Spice"...
(also known as Mel C), musician - Robert Fellowes Chisholm (1838–1915), architect of the Indo-SaracenicIndo-SaracenicThe Indo-Saracenic Revival was an architectural style movement by British architects in the late 19th century in British India...
Senate House of the University of MadrasUniversity of MadrasThe University of Madras is a public research university in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the three oldest universities in India... - Scott Chisholm (journalist)
- William Chisholm (d. 1564)William Chisholm (d. 1564)William Chisholm , bishop of Dunblane, was the second son of Edmund Chisholm of Cromlix, near Dunblane, a son of Chisholm of that ilk in Roxburghshire, and half-brother of James Chisholm, who was bishop of Dunblane from 1486 to 1527, when he resigned his see, with the consent of Pope Clement VII...
, bishop of Dunblane, Scotland - William Chisholm (d. 1593)William Chisholm (d. 1593)William Chisholm II , bishop of Dunblane and bishop of Vaison, was a son of Chisholm of Cromlix, and nephew to William Chisholm I, bishop of Dunblane from 1527 to 1564, to whom he was appointed coadjutor by a brief of Pope Pius IV dated 1 June 1561....
, bishop of Dunblane, Scotland, nephew to previous William Chisholm - William Chisholm (journalist), Scottish journalist
In the United States
- Hugh J. ChisholmHugh J. ChisholmHugh Joseph Chisholm was a Canadian industrialist who later became a citizen of the United States. He was born in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, to parents of Scottish ancestry. His early years as an entrepreneur in the news distribution business provided a foundation for his later accomplishments...
, industrialist - Jesse ChisholmJesse ChisholmJesse Chisholm was an Indian trader, guide, and interpreter, born in the Hiwassee region of Tennessee, probably in 1805 or 1806. He is chiefly famous for being the namesake to the Chisholm Trail, which ranchers used to drive their cattle to eastern markets. Chisholm had built a number of trading...
, American Indian trader, guide, and interpreter - John ChisholmJohn T. ChisholmJohn T. Chisholm is the district attorney of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.Chisholm was born in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin in 1963. He received a B.A. from Marquette University, served in the US Army and received his J.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison...
, American prosecutor - Jori ChisholmJori ChisholmJori Lance Chisholm is an American professional bagpipe player and teacher who lives in Seattle, Washington. He has played with the six-time Grade One World Champion Simon Fraser University Pipe Band since 1998 and has been a featured solo performer for the band on multiple occasions...
, bagpiper - Roderick ChisholmRoderick ChisholmRoderick M. Chisholm was an American philosopher known for his work on epistemology, metaphysics, free will, and the philosophy of perception. He received his Ph.D. at Harvard University under Clarence Irving Lewis and Donald C. Williams, and taught at Brown University...
, philosopher - Sallie W. ChisholmSallie W. ChisholmSallie W. Chisholm is a U.S. biological oceanographer. She attended Skidmore College and received her Ph.D. from the SUNY Albany in 1974. Since 1976, she has been a member of the faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she is the McAfee Professor of Engineering.Chisholm's...
, scientist who discovered the cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus - Shirley ChisholmShirley ChisholmShirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm was an American politician, educator, and author. She was a Congresswoman, representing New York's 12th Congressional District for seven terms from 1969 to 1983. In 1968, she became the first black woman elected to Congress...
, politician - Tim ChisholmTim ChisholmTim Chisholm is a semi-retired American real tennis player. Tim is currently Racquets Director at The Tuxedo Club in Tuxedo Park, New York. A former lawn tennis player, Chisholm switched to the original game of tennis around the year 2000...
, player of real tennis - Tanya ChisholmTanya ChisholmTanya Chisholm is an American actress and dancer. She is mostly known for her role as Kelly Wainwright on the Nickelodeon sitcom, Big Time Rush. She is also known for her role as Marcie on the Legally Blonde spin off, Legally Blondes, , acting along side Camilla Rosso and Rebecca Rosso...
, American actress