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in reply to a message by Sweetly Broken
Redvers was briefly popular in England around 1900 because of a general named Redvers Buller:
http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Sir_Redvers_Henry_Buller
Redcliffe, Reddall, Reddell, Reddan, Redden, Reddin, Redding, Reddick, Reddiford, Redfern, Redford, Redgrave, Redley, Redmore, Rednall, Rednell, Redshaw, Redway, and Redwin are among the surnames starting with Red- listed in A Dctionary of English Surnames by Reaney & Wilson.
http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Sir_Redvers_Henry_Buller
Redcliffe, Reddall, Reddell, Reddan, Redden, Reddin, Redding, Reddick, Reddiford, Redfern, Redford, Redgrave, Redley, Redmore, Rednall, Rednell, Redshaw, Redway, and Redwin are among the surnames starting with Red- listed in A Dctionary of English Surnames by Reaney & Wilson.
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Sir Redvers Buller fought (for the Empire ...) in the second Anglo-Boer War; oddly, his surname was sometimes used as a fn here in South Africa, long before such things became trendy. No doubt a way of showing one's allegiance! But I've never seen a reference to another Redvers.
His fn was pronounced REE-vers, which gave rise to many a pun and newspaper cartoon when things didn't go well for him militarily.
His fn was pronounced REE-vers, which gave rise to many a pun and newspaper cartoon when things didn't go well for him militarily.
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Thanks for this info. I'd always wondered about the name Redvers because I've seen it in a top 50 name list for England but have never come across anyone with that name. I'd never heard of Redvers Buller but obviously the Boer War was ongoing at that time.
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