Prendergast (surname)

Prendergast is a British and Irish surname.

Variants of Prendergast include: Pender, Pendergast, Pendergrass, Penders, Pendy, Pinder, Pinders, Pindy, Prender, Prendergrast Prendergest, Prindergast, Pendergist and the (Gaelicised) de Priondargást.

The surname may be connected to one or more of three places in Britain: Prendergast, now a suburb of Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales; Prendergast, near Solva, also in Pembrokeshire, and; Prenderguest, near Ayton, Berwickshire, Scotland.

In Ireland, Prendergast is regarded as a Hiberno-Norman name and is usually derived from a 12th century Cambro-Norman knight, Maurice de Prendergast, who was born in Pembrokeshire and came to Ireland with the Earl of Pembroke, Richard "Strongbow" de Clare. Many of Maurice de Prendergast's immediate descendants lived in County Tipperary and southern Mayo. Some assumed the name Fitzmaurice at an early date and some of the Fitzmaurices were later known as MacMorris.

People with the surname

• Alexander J Prendergast, (1994–Present), knight wannabe
• Maurice de Prendergast, (1169–1174), Norman knight
• Charles Prendergast (1863-1948), Canadian-American artist
• Declan Prendergast (born 1981) Irish hurler
• Edmond Francis Prendergast (1843–1918), Archbishop of Philadelphia
• Frank Prendergast (1933-2015), Irish politician
• George Prendergast (1854–1937), Australian politician
• Harry Prendergast (1834–1913), British recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Ian Prendergast (born 1980), Australian rules footballer
• James Prendergast (judge) (1826–1921), New Zealand Chief Justice of New Zealand
• John Prendergast (born 1964), American author and human rights activist
• John Prendergast (born 1815), British born painter
• John Barry Prendergast, better known as John Barry (born 1933), composer of film soundtracks including the James Bond films
• Kerry Prendergast (born 1953), New Zealand politician
• Kieran Prendergast (born 1942), British diplomat and a former Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs at the United Nations
• Mark Prendergast (born 1989), guitarist for Kodaline
• Maurice Prendergast (1858–1924), U.S. painter
• Mick Prendergast, English professional association football 1969–1979
• Michael Prendergast, baseball player
• Patrick Eugene Prendergast (1868–1894), U.S. assassin
• Paudie Prendergast, Irish hurler
• Peter Prendergast (artist), (1946-2007), Welsh artist
• Peter Prendergast (referee), (born 1963) Jamaican association football referee
• Robert Prendergast, British admiral (1864–1946)
• Seamus Prendergast, (born 1980) Irish hurler
• Segismundo Moret y Prendergast (1833-1913), Spanish politician, President of the Council of Ministers
• Terrence Prendergast (born 1944), Archbishop of Ottawa
• Teddy Pendergrass (1950-2010), American singer and composer
• Thomas Prendergast, (1806-1886), Creator of "The Mastery of Languages" system
• Thomas Francis Prendergast (1871–1913), American Medal of Honor recipient
• Thomas F. Prendergast (transport executive) (b. 1952/1953), head of public transport authorities in New York City and Vancouver
• John Prendergast-Smyth, 1st Viscount Gort (1742–1817)
• The Viscounts Gort, including:
  • Charles Vereker, 2nd Viscount Gort (1768–1842)
  • John Prendergast Vereker, 3rd Viscount Gort (1790–1865)
  • John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort (1886–1946)
  • Standish Robert Gage Prendergast Vereker, 7th Viscount Gort (1888–1975)
  • Colin Leopold Prendergast Vereker, 8th Viscount Gort (1916–1995)