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Onslow

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A surname and given name originating as a patronymic, also the name of an English earldom.
"The Earl of Onslow held political influence in Georgian England."
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Etymology

From Middle English Ondeslow, from Old English *Andrǣd + hlāw ("hill"), literally "Ander's hill."

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