Family name Hesketh (Hesketh 
) , all around the world, is quite a common cognomen. The family name Hesketh is habitual in British Virgin Islands, where it is quite a common surname, the United Kingdom, where it is quite a rare surname, and Australia. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia. Very seldom, Hesketh is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Hesketh | Australia, Canada, Brazil, United Kingdom, United States |
| agnes hesketh (1379-1442) (b. 1379) |
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| richard hesketh English lawyer (b. 1475) |
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thomas hesketh politician (b. 1548) |
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| richard hesketh English merchant and conspirator (b. 1553) |
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| thomas hesketh Hesketh, Thomas (bap. 1560, d. 1613), botanist and physician (b. 1560) |
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| thomas hesketh Peerage person ID=528579 (b. 1560) |
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| richard hesketh Peerage person ID=528578 (b. 1562) |
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| robert hesketh English politician (b. 1569) |
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| henry hesketh Hesketh, Henry (1636/7–1710?), Church of England clergyman (b. 1636) |
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| roger hesketh Hesketh, Roger (1643–1715), Roman Catholic priest (b. 1643) |
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| thomas hesketh Peerage person ID=59814 (b. 1647) |
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thomas hesketh British Member of Parliament (died 1735) (b. 1698) |
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sir thomas hesketh, 1st bt. (1726-1778), GB (b. 1726) |
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| thomas hesketh Peerage person ID=59811; (1677-1720) (b. 1677) |
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harriet hesketh Cousin and close friend of the English poet William Cowper, GB (b. 1733) |
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