Elwes


Elwes is an English surname whose spelling over the years has included Helwish, Helewise, Helwys, Elwaiss, Elwaies and Elway. The modern-day surname Elvidge is thought to track back to Ellweses in Wadworth, South Yorkshire. A notable family with the Elwes name were landed gentry, of Roxby in Lincolnshire; several of the individuals listed below were from this Elwes family, members of which invariably used the final middle name "Cary" following the 1717 marriage of Robert Elwes and Martha, daughter of Richard Cary, of Bedford Row, London, a merchant and a governor of the Bank of England.
People with the Elwes surname: