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Tailboys

Tailboys or Talboys was the name of a prominent gentry family from Lincolnshire, England.

People of this surname include:

  • Ivo Taillebois (d 1094), Norman landholder in Lincolnshire and sheriff.
  • Brian Talboys (1921–2012), New Zealand politician
  • Elizabeth Blount, also known as Bessie Blount, who became Baroness Tailboys on her marriage
  • Gilbert Tailboys (c.1497/8–30 April 1530), 1st Baron Tailboys of Kyme
  • Graeme K. Talboys (b. 1953), English writer.
  • Keith Talboys (b. 1931), former English cricketer.
  • Steve Talboys (b. 1966), former English footballer.
  • Sir William Tailboys, 7th Baron Tailboys of Kyme, Lincolnshire squire.
  • "Talboys" is also the name of the fictional country home of Lord Peter Wimsey and his wife Harriet.