Pemberton

Pemberton is an English, Anglo Saxon surname first found in Pemberton, Greater Manchester, a residential area of Wigan, historically a part of Lancashire. It is common in the United Kingdom, and in places with an English diaspora such as Australia and the United States . Etymologically, it consists of the elements Pen, Brythonic for hill or head, ber Anglo-Saxon for barley, and ton Anglo-Saxon for an enclosure or field; thus "Barley field on the hill". Surname Amy Pemberton, (born 1988), British actress Brock Pemberton (1885–1950), American theatrical producer and director Caroline Pemberton (born 1986), Australian model Charles Reece Pemberton (1790–1840), British actor and lecturer Charley Pemberton (1854–1894), son of John Pemberton Christopher Robert Pemberton (1765–1822), English physician Cyril Pemberton (1886–1975), US entomologist Daniel Pemberton (born 1977), English composer Ebenezer Pemberton (minister) (1671–1717), colonial American Congregational clergyman, bibliophile, and minister Ebenezer Pemberton (1746–1835), American educator Henry Pemberton (1694–1771), English physician and man of letters Hugh Pemberton (physician) (1890–1956), physician Hugh Pemberton (historian), historian John Pemberton (1831–1888), inventor of Coca-Cola in Atlanta, Georgia in 1886 John Pemberton (footballer) (born 1964), English football (soccer) player John C. Pemberton (1814–1881), Confederate States Army general in the American Civil War (1861–1865) Johnny Pemberton (born 1981), American actor and comedian Joseph Despard Pemberton, Canadian surveyor-general Joseph Scott Pemberton, a US Marine lance corporal who was charged with homicide for the killing of Jennifer Laude, a Filipino trans woman Max Pemberton (1863–1950), British novelist Robin Leigh-Pemberton, Baron Kingsdown (1927–2013), Governor of the Bank of England (1983–1993) Sophie Pemberton (1869–1959), Canadian painter Stanton C.