According to western convention, full name is composed of three parts: first name, middle name, and last name.
For example:
Donald John Trump
George Walker Bush
Chris Devonshire-Ellis in the webpage:
Chris Devonshire-Ellis is the Founder of Dezan Shira & Associates and Chairman of the firms International Board of Equity Partners & Directors.
What does - mean in the man name Chris Devonshire-Ellis ?
The whole of the "Devonshire-Ellis" is the person's family name. In Britain such hyphenated names, sometimes called 'double-barrelled' names, usually come about because a couple decide that their child should inherit not just the father's name but also the mother's. Occasionally they result from a name change in later life, for example, a man might on marriage hyphenate his wife's name with his own family name.
In the British aristocracy childless wealthy landowners might leave their money to someone on condition that they change their name or take an additional hyphenated family name.
Hyphenated names at one time held a certain social cachet - the suggestion that the person might have grand aristocratic connections. In more recent times, however, a hyphenated name is sometimes given to a child when the parents, of whatever social class, are not married, or, if they are, if the mother has not adopted her husband's family name.
There is no limit on the number of names that can hyphenated together: for example, the full family name of the actor Ralph Fiennes is Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, and Admiral the Hon. Sir Reginald Aylmer Ranfurly Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax, was a British naval officer (his case is also an example of hyphenation being acquired in adult life).
The history about the Devonshire-Ellis family is here: http://www.devonshireellis.com Chris is also a Baron www.baronyofcoigach.com so he's come down the aristocratic route. He's an influential, much liked British expatriate businessman well known in China and Asia.
