Weld is a surname of Anglo-Saxon English and Dutch origin.
Notable people Weld family, an extended English family going back to the 11th century Alfred Weld (1823-1890), leading English Jesuit and astronomer, grandson of Thomas Weld of Lulworth Cecil Weld-Forester, 1st Baron Forester (1767-1823), Anglican, Member of Parliament, added Weld name for inheritance Cecil Weld-Forester, 5th Baron Forester (1843-1917), Conservative peer and Member of Parliament, son of Orlando Charles Richard Weld (1813-1869), English writer and historian, son of Isaac Charles Joseph Weld (1893-1962), officer in the British Indian Army in both World wars Dermot Weld (born 1949), Irish veterinarian and racehorse trainer Edward Weld (1705-1761), son of Humphrey Weld, sued at the Arches Court by his first wife, countersued and won Eadric the Wild (active 1068-70), nephew of the Duke of Mercia, Norman Conquest resister and presumed ancestor of Welds Edward Weld (1741-1775), English recusant landowner and first husband of Maria Fitzherbert Sir Frederick Weld (1823–1891), Prime minister of New Zealand, grandson of Thomas Weld of Lulworth George Weld-Forester, 3rd Baron Forester (1807-1886), Father of the House of Commons and Peer Harry Weld-Forester (born 1981), Scottish cricketer Henry Joseph Weld-Blundell (1848-1901), Australian politician Herbert Weld Blundell (1852 – 1935), English traveller in Africa, archaeologist, philanthropist and yachtsman Sir Humphrey Weld (c.1550-1610), member of the Worshipful Company of Grocers, Lord Mayor of London Humphrey Weld (of Lulworth) (1612–1685) MP, purchaser of Lulworth estate, son of Sir John of Arnold's Court Isaac Weld (1774–1856), Irish explorer and artist Sir John Weld (1582–1622), of Arnold's Court, Edmonton, Middlesex, son of the Lord Mayor founded the Weld Chapel Sir John Weld (1613–1681), member of Parliament in 1679 Sir John Weld (1615-1674), of Compton Bassett John Welde (1642), of Willye, High Sheriff of Shropshire John Weld-Forester, 2nd Baron Forester (1801-1877) Tory politician Joseph Weld (yachtsman) (1777-1863), recusant third son of Thomas Weld of Lulworth, competitive yachtsman Sir Joseph William Weld (1909-1992), army officer, landowner and Lord Lieutenant of Dorset Maria Weld (1756-1837), second wife of Edward Weld of Lulworth, better known as Mrs Fitzherbert Orlando Weld-Forester, 4th Baron Forester (1813-1894), British Peer and Anglican clergyman Thomas Welde (1595-1661), temporary Puritan emigrant from Essex to New England Thomas Weld (of Lulworth) (1750-1810), recusant landowner of Lulworth and philanthropist, father of fifteen children Thomas Weld (cardinal) (1773–1837), eldest son of Thomas Weld of Lulworth, English Roman Catholic cardinal Thomas Weld Blundell (1808-1883), landowner grandson of Thomas Weld of Lulworth, added Blundell name for inheritance Wilfrid Weld (1934-2015), landowner and restorer of Lulworth Castle William Weld (1649–1698), son of Sir John of Compton Basset, landowner
Weld family, an extended family of New England Charles Goddard Weld, 1857–1911, physician and philanthropist Daniel S. Weld, computer scientist Ezra Greenleaf Weld, 1801–1874, a photographer Francis Weld Peabody, 1881-1927, American physician and Harvard Medical School teacher George Walker Weld, 1840–1905, philanthropist, athlete Greg Weld, race car driver and manufacturer Isabel Weld Perkins, 1876–1948 John Weld Peck (1874 – 1937), a United States District Judge for Ohio John Weld (writer) (1905 - 2003), newspaper reporter in New York Philip Saltonstall Weld, 1915–1984, newspaper publisher and yacht racer Seth L. Weld, Philippine–American War Medal of Honor recipient Stephen Minot Weld, 1806–1867, schoolmaster, investor, and politician Stephen Minot Weld, Jr., 1842–1920, horticulturist and Army officer Susan Roosevelt Weld, wife of William Weld Theodore Dwight Weld, 1803–1895, an abolitionist Theresa Weld Blanchard (1893–1978), a figure skater Tuesday Weld, 1943–, an actress William Weld, former Governor of Massachusetts William Gordon Weld, 1775–1825, ship owner William Fletcher Weld, 1800–1881, ship owner