title: Quelch
text: # Quelch
  
  Quelch is an English surname, with alternative spellings of Quelche, or Qulch It derived from the Old English nickname for a Celt or foreigner "woelisc", via Middle English "walsche", to Welch, Welsh or Wels(c)he. Notable people with the surname include:
  
  * Harry Quelch (1858–1913), one of the first Marxists in Britain
  * John Quelch (born 1951), British-American academic
  * John Quelch (pirate) (1666–1704), English pirate
  * Lorenzo Quelch (1862–1937), British trade unionist and politician, younger brother of Harry
  * Tom Quelch (1886–1954), socialist politician and son of Harry
  * Victor Quelch (1891–1975), Canadian farmer, soldier and politician
  