Milroy

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Milroy is a surname originating in Scotland & Ireland. It is also sometimes written as "M'ilroy", especially in Northern Ireland. Milroy is a Sept of Clan Grant (Scottish)

Blazon of Arms: Per fess, in chief Chequy Or and Vert, in base Gules, the latter charged with a lion rampant Argent, on a canton of the fourth, a rose of the third, barbed of the second. Crest: An Ostrich proper. Motto: Esperance (Hope). Image of Arms

[edit] People

• Robert H. Milroy (1816–1890), a Union Army general in the American Civil War
• Seán Milroy (?1877–1946), Irish Republican, Member of 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Dail, contributor to: "The Book of Cells" (ca.1922)
• Andrea Maria Milroy Diaz, Miss World Venezuela 2004
• Lesley Milroy (°1944), a British sociolinguist

[edit] Places

• Milroy Township in Indiana, USA
• Milroy in Minnesota, USA
  • Milroy School District in Minnesota, USA
  • Milroy State Bank Building (registered historic place) in Milroy, Minnesota, USA
• Milroy in Pennsylvania, USA
• Milroy District in Grant County, West Virginia, USA
• Fort Milroy (historical) in Winchester, Virginia, USA
• John Milroy House (registered historic place) in Houston, Texas, USA

• Milroy in New South Wales, Australia

[edit] Other

• Milroy 86206, a china pattern made by Japanese china manufacturer Noritake. Image: [1]
• Milroy, the name of a horse captured by Confederate Army General John B. Gordon from Union Army General Robert H. Milroy at the Second Winchester battle during the American Civil War.