Allardice is a surname of Scottish origin deriving from the name of a town in Kincardineshire (Alrethes) where the family was located.[1] Notable people with the surname include:
- Geoff Allardice (born 1967), Australian cricketer
- James B. Allardice (1919—1966), American television comedy writer
- Lesley Allardice (born 1957), British swimmer
- Michael Allardice (born 1991), New Zealand rugby union player
- Robert Barclay Allardice (1779—1854), a.k.a. Captain Barclay, Scottish Laird and noted sport walker
- Robert Edgar Allardice (1862–1928), Scottish mathematician
- Robert R. Allardice (born c. 1958), United States Air Force general
- Scott Allardice, Scottish footballer
See also
edit- Allardice Castle, a sixteenth-century manor house in Kincardineshire, Scotland
- Allardyce
References
edit- ^ Sims, Clifford Stanley (1862). The Origin and Signification of Scottish Surnames. With a Vocabulary of Christian Names. Albany, New York: J. Munsell. p. 101. OCLC 1060940902 – via Internet Archive.