Alabaster (surname)
Alabaster is an English surname, originally meaning someone who provided armed service with a crossbow.[1] Notable people with the surname include:
- Chaloner Alabaster (1838–1898) British consular officer in China
- C. Grenville Alabaster, (1880–1958) Attorney General of Hong Kong
- Gren Alabaster, (born 1933) New Zealand Cricketer (brother of Jack)
- Jack Alabaster (born 1930) New Zealand Cricketer (brother of Gren)
- Martin Alabaster (born 1958), British Royal Navy admiral
- William Alabaster (1567–1640) poet, playwright, and religious writer
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