Skelton may refer to: Places United Kingdom Skelton, Cumbria, England Skelton Transmitting Station, a radio transmitter and the tallest structure in the UK Skelton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England North Yorkshire, England Skelton, Richmondshire Skelton-on-Ure, Harrogate Skelton, York Skelton and Brotton, parish in Redcar and Cleveland Skelton-in-Cleveland Skelton Castle North Skelton United States Skelton, Indiana Skelton Township, Warrick County, Indiana Skelton Township, Carlton County, Minnesota Skelton, West Virginia People Surname Aaron Skelton (born 1974) Arvonne Fraser (née Skelton; 1925–2018), American women's rights activist Aylmer Skelton (1884–1959) B. R. Skelton (born 1933) Barbara Skelton (1916–1996) Betty Skelton Erde (1926–2011), women's land speed record holder and aviator Bevil Skelton (1641–1696) Bill Skelton (1920–2003) Byron George Skelton (1905–2004) Cameron Skelton (born 1995), rugby player Carol Skelton (born 1945) Charles Skelton (1806–1879), American politician Charlie Skelton, English comedy writer Craig Skelton (born 1980) Dudley Skelton (1878–1962) Gavin Skelton (born 1981) Geoffrey Skelton (1916–1998) George Skelton (1919–1994) Harry Skelton (born 1990), British jockey Helen Skelton (born 1983), British television presenter Henrietta Skelton (1839/1842–1900), German-born Canadian-American social reformer, writer, organizer, lecturer Ike Skelton (1931–2013), American congressman John Skelton (c.1460–1529), English poet John Skelton (American football) (born 1988), American football quarterback Joseph John Skelton (1783–1871) Karen Skelton (born 1961) Katie Skelton (born 1987) Keith Skelton (1918–1995) Kenneth Skelton (1918–2003) Louise Skelton, equestrian athlete Matt Skelton (born 1967), boxer Matthew Skelton, writer Melissa M. Skelton (born 1951) Nellie Bangs Skelton (1855-1911) Nick Skelton (Nicholas David Skelton, born 1957), British show jumper Noel Skelton (1880–1935), Scottish British MP Oscar D. Skelton (1878–1941) Owen Ray Skelton (1886–1969) Peter Skelton (1934–2009) Philip Skelton (1707–1787) Raleigh Ashlin Skelton (1906–1970), cartographer Red Skelton (1913–1997), comedian Reginald Skelton (1872–1956), polar explorer Rich Skelton (born 1966) Robert Skelton (1896–1973) Roy Skelton (1931–2011), actor Samuel Skelton (died 1634), first pastor of the First Church in Salem, Massachusetts Sean Skelton (born 1971) Simon Skelton (born 1972), English lawn bowler Sophie Skelton (born 1994), English actress Stuart Skelton (born 1968) Thomas R. Skelton (1928–1994) Will Skelton (born 1992), Australian rugby player William de Skelton, English medieval college fellow and university chancellor Walter Skelton (1883–1979) William Skelton (1763–1848) Given name Skelton Knaggs (1911–1955), English actor See also Shelton (disambiguation), a sixteenth-century alternate spelling Mary Shelton (1510s–1570s), mistress of Henry VIII of England and maid-of-honour to his wife and her cousin, Anne Boleyn Anne Shelton (courtier) (1475–1555), mother of Mary Shelton, head of the household of the future Elizabeth I