Bisset
For the neighbourhood in Edmonton, Canada, see Bisset, Edmonton.
See also: Clan Bissett
Bisset is a surname of Scottish[1] origin. At the time of the British Census of 1881,[2] 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
- James Bisset (1836-1919), Engineer, architect and politician of the Cape Colony
- 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
- Clan Bissett
- Bissett (disambiguation)
References
- ↑ "Bisset Surname Meaning". electricscotland.com. Retrieved 21 January 2014
- ↑ "Bisset Surname Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 21 January 2014