Bisset
Bisset is a surname of Scottish[1][2] origin. At the time of the British Census of 1881[3], its relative frequency was highest in Kincardineshire (26.9 times the British average), followed by Aberdeenshire, Fife, Perthshire, Ross-shire, Linlithgowshire, Haddingtonshire, Forfarshire, Edinburghshire and Elginshire. The name Bisset may refer to:
- Andrew Bisset (1953–2005), Australian author, music educator, and singer
- Baldred Bisset (c.1260–1311), Scottish lawyer
- Bill Bisset (1867–1958), South African rugby union player
- Donald Bisset (1910–1995), British children's book writer, artist, stage director and actor
- Jacqueline Bisset (born 1944), English actress
- Murray Bisset (1876–1931), South African cricketer and Governor of Southern Rhodesia
- Sonia Bisset (born 1971), Cuban javelin thrower
- James Gordon Partridge Bisset (1883-1967), British merchant seaman and a Commodore of the Cunard White Star Line
See also
References
- ^ "BISSET: Surname Origin and Classification". http://www.britishsurnames.co.uk/surnames/BISSET/origin.
- ^ http://www.nationaltrustnames.org.uk/NameSelection.aspx?name=BISSET&year=1881&altyear=1998&country=GB&type=name
- ^ "BISSET: Stats from the 1881 British Census". http://www.britishsurnames.co.uk/surnames/BISSET/1881census.