Bethune (surname)

Bethune, or Béthune, is a French and Scottish surname. It originates from the name of the town of Béthune in Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. The name of the town was first recorded in the 8th century, in the Latin form Bitunia. The surname is first recorded in Scotland during the reign of King Alexander II (4 December 1214 to 8 July 1249) when charters of the abbeys of St Andrews and Arbroath name Robert de Betunia, probably a knight , Sir David de Betun, definitely a knight, and John de Betun, probably a cleric.^[1]

List of persons with the surname

• Ade Bethune, Catholic artist
• Charles Ramsay Drinkwater Bethune, admiral
• Alexander Bethune, Mayor of Vancouver
• Angus Bethune (politician), Premier of Tasmania
• Angus Bethune (fur trader)
• Baldwin of Bethune (c1158-1212), companion of King Richard I
• Conon de Béthune (1150–1220), poet
• David Bethune, archbishop of St Andrews and cardinal
• David Lindesay-Bethune, 15th Earl of Lindsay
• Donald Bethune, Canadian entrepreneur
• Eberhard of Béthune, Flemish grammarian
• Edwin Bethune, Arkansas politician
• Elizabeth Bethune, a mistress of King James V of Scotland
• George Washington Bethune, minister in Dutch Reformed Church
• Gordon Bethune, airline executive
• Henry Lindsay Bethune (1792–1851), Major General in the Persian Army
• James Bethune, archbishop of Glasgow and of St Andrews
• James Bethune, archbishop of Glasgow
• James Bethune, Ontario politician
• James Lindesay-Bethune, 16th Earl of Lindsay
• Janet Bethune, reputed to have magical powers
• Jean-Baptiste de Bethune, a Belgian architect
• Jeanne de Béthune, Viscountess of Meaux
• John Bethune (disambiguation)
• John Bethune (clergyman)
• John Bethune (footballer), Scottish-born footballer who also represented England at indoor bowls
• John Drinkwater Bethune, historian
• John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune, educationalist
• John Lemuel Bethune
• Lauchlin Bethune, North Carolina congressman
• Louise Blanchard Bethune, architect
• Mary Bethune, one of the Four Maries
• Mary Bethune Abbott, Prime Minister of Canada
• Mary McLeod Bethune, American activist
• Maximilien de Béthune, duc de Sully, French minister
• Norman Bethune, Canadian physician and Communist revolutionary
• Norman Bethune, Sr.
• Peter James Bethune
• Reginald Lindesay-Bethune, 12th Earl of Lindsay
• Zina Bethune

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