Nisbet (surname)
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Nisbet is an English
and Scottish
surname
that originated around the border region. It is also found in Scandinavia
, brought by Scot Alexander Nisbet, who settled in Sweden
in 1648. There are alternate spellings including Nisbeth, Nisbett, Nesbit, and Nesbitt. Nesbit is uncommon as a given name
. People with the surname include:
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
and Scottish
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
that originated around the border region. It is also found in Scandinavia
Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common ethno-cultural heritage and language. Modern Norway and Sweden proper are situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula,...
, brought by Scot Alexander Nisbet, who settled in Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
in 1648. There are alternate spellings including Nisbeth, Nisbett, Nesbit, and Nesbitt. Nesbit is uncommon as a given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
. People with the surname include:
- Alexander Nisbet (1580–1660)
- Alexander NisbetAlexander NisbetAlexander Nisbet is one of the most important authors on Scottish heraldry. He is still much-cited, and his publications are still in print after nearly 300 years....
(1657–1725), Scottish heraldist - Judge Alexander Nisbet (1777-1857), Judge in the City of Baltimore
- Charles NisbetCharles NisbetDr. Charles Nisbet D.D. was born on January 21, 1736 to William and Alison Nisbet. William was a schoolteacher at Long Yester near Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland. By 1754, Charles Nisbet completed studies at both the high school of the university in Edinburgh and had entered Divinity Hall to...
(1736-1804), First President of Dickinson College in PA - Hume NisbetHume NisbetJames Hume Nisbet was a Scottish-Australian author and artist.Nisbet was born at Stirling, Scotland. At 16 years of age he came to Australia and stayed about seven years, during which he travelled widely. On returning to Scotland he was for eight years art master in the Watt College and the old...
(1849–1923), Scottish-Australian author and artist - James NisbetJames NisbetJames Nisbet was a Scottish born missionary to Canada.-Early life:He was born near Glasgow in Scotland, the youngest of 10 children. In 1840, he had travelled with his older brother, Henry, to London both seeking to serve as missionaries with the London Mission Society. Henry was accepted, and...
(1823–1874), Scottish, Presbyterian minister - John Nisbet, Lord DirletonJohn Nisbet, Lord DirletonJohn Nisbet, Lord Dirleton was a Scottish judge.Admitted as an advocate in 1633, he was sheriff-depute of Edinburghshire from 1639. He defended James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose in 1641. He was appointed Lord Advocate and raised to the bench with the judicial title Lord Dirleton in 1664. He...
(1609–1687), Scottish judge - John NisbetJohn NisbetJohn Nisbet was a Scottish covenanter who was executed for participating in the rebellion at Bothwell Brig. The son of an Ayrshire tenant farmer, Nisbet traveled to mainland Europe as a professional soldier...
(1627–1685), Scottish covenanter - Mary NisbetMary NisbetMary Nisbet, Countess of Elgin was the first wife of British diplomat Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin during his term as Ambassador Extraodinare to the Ottoman Empire and one of the most influential and wealthiest heiresses of the late 18th and early 19th century.-Early life:Mary Hamilton Nisbet...
(1778–1855), Countess of Elgin - Murdoch NisbetMurdoch NisbetMurdoch Nisbet was a notary public in the diocese of Glasgow who created one of the earliest Scots translations of the Bible. Living in the parish of Loudoun, Ayrshire, Nisbet's work as a notary public brought him into contact with local religious dissidents. He participated in a conventicle where...
(1531–1559), Scottish bible translator - Robin Nisbet (b. 1925), classical scholar
- Robert NisbetRobert NisbetRobert Alexander Nisbet was an American sociologist, professor at the University of California, Berkeley, Vice-Chancellor at the University of California, Riverside and as the Albert Schweitzer Professor at Columbia University.-Life:Nisbet was born in Los Angeles in 1913 and raised in the small...
(1913–1996), American sociologist - William Nisbet (physician)William Nisbet (physician)William Nisbet was a Scottish physician notable for having authored many widely used medical books that emphasized practice. Nisbet earned his MD at Aberdeen and became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh . He eventually moved to London where he practised in Fitzroy Square...
(1759–1822), Scottish physician
See also
- NisbethNisbethNisbeth is one of the many alternate spellings of the Scottish surname Nisbet. It is used chiefly in Scandinavia by the descendants of Scottish mercenary Alexander Nisbet, who settled in Sweden in 1648.-See also:* Nisbet...
- Nisbett (disambiguation)
- Nesbit (disambiguation)
- Nesbitt (disambiguation)
- Clan NesbittClan NesbittClan Nesbitt is a Scottish clan recognised by the Lord Lyon King of Arms and first mentioned in a Scottish charter of 1139. It is a lowland family centred in Berwickshire, East Lothian, Edinburgh and Ayrshire, with a significant historical presence in Northumberland and Durham...