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A Proper Tory Name

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Teetime Wed 12-Jul-17 10:24:36

This game appeared on FB today - it's fun and not meant to be offensive. In response to Jacob Rees-Moggs naming of his latest child the challenge is to create your own high Tory name. You take the forename of one of your grandparents and then hyphenate the name of the road on which you grew up with the name of your first headteacher.

Mine is Louise Keogh-Salmon- not very impressive I'm sure you can do better. grin

TerriBull Thu 13-Jul-17 09:21:51

Audrey Wright-Payne. Her distant cousin on the Wright side of the family is also an MP, Arthur Wright-Pratt, they are respectively known as A Wright-Payne and A Wright-Pratt. Inevitable really grin

mcem Thu 13-Jul-17 09:31:47

Peter Pentland-Geegan!

shysal Thu 13-Jul-17 09:41:12

Fanny Mere-Crane.

Jalima1108 Thu 13-Jul-17 09:48:17

Charles Stone-Bloor

Cherrytree59 Thu 13-Jul-17 09:53:22

Elizabeth Bracken- Prowse

RosieLeah Thu 13-Jul-17 21:34:33

Celia Holm-Liddell

rosesarered Thu 13-Jul-17 21:44:39

Haha Terri.... love them, keep them coming!

MamaCaz Thu 13-Jul-17 22:43:47

Edith Hambledon-Cox.

Actually, I quite like the sound of that! If I ever need to change my Gransnet name ... grin

ElaineI Fri 14-Jul-17 20:47:01

Jessie Craigmount-Sutherland

merlotgran Fri 14-Jul-17 22:24:52

Florence Westbury-Miller.

CherryHatrick Mon 11-Sept-17 20:20:58

Elizabeth Baxter-Greenhalgh

downtoearth Mon 11-Sept-17 20:49:08

Tallulah Ticklme-Tonsil

Daisyanswerdo Mon 11-Sept-17 22:45:27

Philip Ridge-Cadbury

JackyB Mon 11-Sept-17 23:22:14

Dorothy Tenniswood-Brown.

I've just realised to my horror that I have no idea what either of my grandathers were called.

downtoearth Tue 12-Sept-17 07:49:05

Just realised never read properly and just made one upblush so here is the real one Frederick Sparsholt-Pratt

Seonaid Tue 23-Jan-18 00:26:58

Roderick Joss-Bell

Seonaid Tue 23-Jan-18 00:31:15

Roderick Joss- Bell

Day6 Tue 23-Jan-18 00:44:49

Norah Lavender Bowness.

That'll do!

Chewbacca Tue 23-Jan-18 00:47:53

William Cavendish-Mortimer

I quite like that!

eazybee Tue 23-Jan-18 07:33:32

Evalina Goldthorn-Llewelyn.

Interesting concept of a high Tory name.
Nowadays all hyphenated names are created for children whose parents have neglected to marry each other.

MawBroon Tue 23-Jan-18 07:39:00

Sigh
Social stereotyping again.
How about your Left wing “salt of the earth” Labour name?
Down T Pitt?

Grandma70s Tue 23-Jan-18 08:28:01

All you need is the Telegraph births column for real Tory names. One I noticed recently was Rufus Hugh Grenville Cazalet, but there are lots of examples.

I’m not a Telegraph reader, but I amuse myself by reading the births online from time to time.

hildajenniJ Tue 23-Jan-18 10:45:29

I used the headteacher of my junior school, here's one with the headteacher of my infant school.

George Parkhead-Simpson.

Scribbles Tue 23-Jan-18 11:13:34

Beatrice Stow-Marriott

Oopsadaisy52 Tue 23-Jan-18 11:32:57

Harriet Brownhill-Hartnup