Tomkinson, sometimes spelled Tompkinson, is a surname, derived from the given name Thomas. Rarer spelling variants include Thompkinson, Tonkeson, and Tumkynson.
Surnames Amy Louisa Tomkinson (1856–1943), socialite and magistrate in South Australia Francis Tomkinson (1883–1963), Cricket player Geoffrey Tomkinson (1881–1963), Cricket player Henry Tomkinson (1831–1906), English cricketer and rower Henry Archdale Tomkinson (1881–1937), British polo champion James Tomkinson (1840–1910), British politician and landowner Samuel Tomkinson (1816–1900), Australian politician Stephen Tompkinson (born 1965), English actor Thomas Tomkinson (1631–1710), English Muggletonian writer Wilfred Tomkinson (1877–1971), vice-admiral William Tomkinson (1790–1872), British Army officer, author of The Diary of a Cavalry Officer: In the Peninsular and Waterloo Campaigns, 1809–1815 (published 1894)
See also Palmer-Tomkinson, a British double-barrelled name Tomkinson Ranges, Southwest Australia (Named after politician Samuel Tomkinson, 1851–1900) Mead & Tomkinson racing, a Herefordshire-base endurance team that developed innovative racing bikes
External links Tomkinson Family History Download transcription (zip file) of Genealogical Memoirs of various Families of Tomkinson (1620–1904), published in 1904 by Newton Powers Tomkinson Download pdf file of https://archive.org/details/AnniediariesAnnieTomkinsonOfFrancheHallKeptFrom18841920. Annie-Diaries Annie Tomkinson of Franche Hall kept from 1884 to 1920.