Tailboys

Tailboys or Talboys was the name of a prominent gentry family from Lincolnshire, England.

People of this surname include:

• Ivo Taillebois (d. 1094), Norman landholder in Lincolnshire and sheriff
• Brian Talboys (1921–2012), New Zealand politician
• Elizabeth Blount (d. 1539/40), also known as Bessie Blount, who became Baroness Tailboys on her marriage
• Elizabeth Tailboys, 4th Baroness Tailboys of Kyme (c.1520–1563)
• George Tailboys, 2nd Baron Tailboys of Kyme (c.1523–1540)
• Gilbert Tailboys (c.1497/8–1530), 1st Baron Tailboys of Kyme, husband of Elizabeth Blount
• Graeme K. Talboys (b. 1953), English writer
• Keith Talboys (1931–2020), English cricketer
• Robert Tailboys, 3rd Baron Tailboys of Kyme (c.1528–1542)
• Steve Talboys (1966–2019), English footballer
• Sir William Tailboys (c.1415–1464), 7th Baron Tailboys of Kyme, Lincolnshire squire

Other uses

• "Talboys", the fictional country home of Lord Peter Wimsey and his wife Harriet

See also

• Tallboy (disambiguation)