The Martineau family is an intellectual, business and political dynasty associated first with Norwich and later also London and Birmingham, England. Many members of the family have been knighted. Many
Martineau coat of arms embroidered into seat of chair belonging to John Edmund Martineau
Norwich Maître Chirurgien (Master Surgeon), David Martineau II
Philip Meadows Martineau, Esq., Lord of the manor of Carrow (died 1829) by Sir William Beechey
Bracondale Hall surrounded by Martineau's Wood, painted by David Hodgson
Harriet Martineau was an English social theorist. She wrote from a sociological, holistic, religious and feminine angle, translated works by Auguste Comte, and, rare for a woman writer at the time, ea
Martineau family
…headquarters building of the British Unitarians, was named after them. Martineau Place in Birmingham's central business district was named in their honour. Harriet Martineau (1802–1876), the sociologist and abolitionist, is the family's most celebrated member. In Birmingham, several of its members have been Lord Mayor. They…
Martineau by Richard Evans, prepared by Sir Thomas Lawrence (1834)
The house in Gurney Court, Norwich, where Harriet Martineau was born