Grose is a surname of two possible origins. Cornish origin: a toponymic surname for a person who lived near a stone cross, from Cornish "crows" or "crous" for "cross".John Bannister, A Glossary of Cornish names, Vol. 1, 1969, p. 58Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press French origin: from Old French gros: "big, "fat", a variant of surname Gros.
Notable people with the surname include:
Brent Grose (born 1979), Australian rugby player Daniel Grose (1903–1971), English cricketer and Army officer David Grose (1944–2004), American archaeologist Francis Grose (1731–1791), English antiquary and lexicographer Francis Grose (Lieutenant-Governor) (c. 1754 –1814), Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales George Richmond Grose (1869–1953), American Methodist bishop Ingebrikt Grose (1862–1939), first president of Concordia College Ivan Grose (born 1928), Canadian businessman and politician John Henry Grose, British traveller Nash Grose (1740–1814), English judge Walter Grose (1862–1940), Australian politician William Grose (1812–1900), American lawyer
Fictional Mrs Grose, a housekeeper in Henry James's novella The Turn of the Screw
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