Wardlaw

Wardlaw is a first name and surname of Scottish origin.

Wardlaw loosely translates to "watcher of the hill". The original Wardlaws resided in the Scottish highlands, hence "watch of the hill," where as Wardlows resided in the Scottish lowlands.

Family Motto: "Famalias Firmat Pietas." ("Religion Strengthens Families.")

Persons

• Alan Wardlaw (1887–1938), Australian politician
• Barbara Wardlaw (contemporary), Canadian politician of the First Nations
• Chris Wardlaw (born 1950), Australian long-distance runner
• Claude Wardlaw (1901–1985), British botanist
• Elizabeth, Lady Wardlaw (1677–1727), Scottish noblewoman and poet
• Helen Wardlaw (born 1982), English cricketer
• Henry Wardlaw (died 1440), Scottish church leader, Bishop of St Andrews, founder of the University of St Andrews
• Iain Wardlaw (born 1985), Scottish cricketer
• Jack Wardlaw (1937–2012), American journalist
• Jesse Wardlaw (born 2000), Australian rules footballer
• Joanna Wardlaw (born 1958), Scottish physician, radiologist, and academic
• John Wardlaw-Milne (1879–1967), British politician for Kidderminster
• Kim McLane Wardlaw (born 1954), American jurist in the federal courts
• Lee Wardlaw (contemporary), American author of children's books
• Ralph Wardlaw (1779–1853), Scottish Presbyterian clergyman and writer
• Robert Wardlaw (1889–1964), Australian politician from Tasmania
• Walter Wardlaw (died c. 1387), Scottish Bishop of Glasgow, uncle of Henry Wardlaw

Peerage

• Wardlaw baronets, a title in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia

Places

• Wardlaw-Hartridge school in Edison, New Jersey
• Ward Law, hill with a Roman fort, near Shearington, Dumfries & Galloway