Skelton - People

People

  • Betty Skelton Frankman (b. 1926), women's land speed record holder and aviator
  • Charles Skelton (1806–1879), politician
  • Helen Skelton (b. 1983). British television presenter
  • Ike Skelton (b. 1931), congressman
  • John Skelton (c.1460–1529), poet
  • John Skelton (American football) (b. 1988), American football quarterback
  • Matt Skelton (b. 1967), boxer
  • Matthew Skelton, writer
  • Nick Skelton (Nicholas David Skelton) (b. 1957), British show jumper
  • Noel Skelton, Scottish British MP
  • Raleigh Ashlin Skelton (1906–1970), cartographer
  • Red Skelton (1913–1997), comedian
  • Reginald William Skelton (1872–1956), polar explorer
  • Roy Skelton (1932–2011), actor
  • Samuel Skelton (c. 1584-1634), first pastor of the First Church in Salem, MA
  • William de Skelton, English medieval college fellow and university chancellor

In the sixteenth-century, Shelton and Skelton were alternate spellings of the same name. Those who used both include:

  • Mary Shelton, mistress of Henry VIII of England and maid-of-honour to his wife and her cousin, Anne Boleyn
  • Anne Shelton (courtier), mother of the above, head of the household of the future Elizabeth I and aunt of Anne Boleyn
  • Sir John Shelton, head of the household of the future Elizabeth I and father of Mary Shelton
  • John Skelton, poet

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