Gwatkin is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Frank Ashton-Gwatkin (1889–1976), British diplomat Henry Melvill Gwatkin (18441916), British theologian and historian Norman Gwatkin (1899–1971), British officer and courtier Phil Gwatkin (active 195357), English footballer Robert Lovell Gwatkin (1757–1843), High Sheriff of Cornwall Thomas Gwatkin (1741–1800), English cleric and academic Willoughby Garnons Gwatkin (18591925), British general who served with the Canadian army during World War 1 Fictional people Daniel Gwatkin, in the song "The Unfortunate Gwatkin" on the 2014 album Urge for Offal by the band Half Man Half Biscuit Rowland Gwatkin, in The Valley of Bones and The Military Philosophers in the novel sequence A Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell See also Watkin Watkins (disambiguation) Watkinson English-language surnames