Editing Huntingdonshire (section)

==Notable people==
In order of birth:
*Henry of Saltrey, a Huntingdonshire [[Cistercians|Cistercian]] monk, wrote ''[[Tractatus de Purgatorio Sancti Patricii]]'' (Treatise on the Purgatory of St Patrick) in about 1180–1184.
*Sir [[William Papworth]] (1331–1414) of [[Grafham, Cambridgeshire|Grafham]] and [[Papworth St. Agnes]] was a member of five 14th-century parliaments.
*[[Catherine of Aragon]] (1485–1536), previously Queen of England, died in confinement at [[Kimbolton Castle]].
*[[Henry Brandon, 2nd Duke of Suffolk]] and his brother [[Charles Brandon, 3rd Duke of Suffolk]], nephews of [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]], died of [[sweating sickness]] at [[Buckden Palace|Buckden Towers]] within an hour of each other on 14 July 1551.
*[[Nicholas Ferrar]] (1592–1637), scholar, courtier and cleric, spent the last eleven years of his life at the [[Little Gidding community]], inspiration of the fourth poem in [[T. S. Eliot]]'s ''[[Four Quartets]]''.
*[[Philip Nye]] (1595–1672), [[Independent (religion)|Independent]] theologian, became the incumbent of [[Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire|Kimbolton]] and an adviser to Cromwell.
*[[Oliver Cromwell]] (1599–1658), [[Lord Protector]] of England, Scotland and Ireland 1653–1658, was educated at Huntingdon Grammar School.
*[[Richard Astry]] (c. 1632–1714) was an English [[antiquary]]. 
*[[Samuel Pepys]] (1633–1703), [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) and [[diary|diarist]], attended Huntingdon Grammar School.
*William Sparrow (1641–1729), cut the famous [[turf maze]] at [[Hilton, Cambridgeshire|Hilton]] in 1660.
*[[Alice Curwen|Alice and Thomas Curwen]] were active in the county as Quaker preachers in 1677–1678.<ref>Michael Mullett: "Curwen, Thomas (c. 1610–1680)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford, UK: OUP, 2004) [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6968 Retrieved 17 November 2015.]</ref>
*[[Ann Jebb]] (1735–1812), political reformer and radical writer, was born at [[Kings Ripton]].
*[[William Henry Fellowes]] (1769–1837) of [[Ramsey Abbey]], was a longstanding MP for Huntingdon and then Huntingdonshire.
*[[Olinthus Gregory]] (1774–1841), mathematician and editor, was born at [[Yaxley, Cambridgeshire|Yaxley]].
*[[Robert Fox (antiquarian)|Robert Fox]] (1798–1843), antiquary and local historian, was born and died at Godmanchester.
*[[Charles Bowen Cooke]] (1859–1920), locomotive engineer, was born at [[Orton Longueville]].
*[[Henry Royce]] (1863–1933), pioneering car manufacturer and founder of [[Rolls-Royce Limited]], was born in [[Alwalton]].
*[[Lucy M. Boston]] (1892–1990), children's writer, lived in Huntingdonshire from 1937 until her death, and set the ''[[Green Knowe]]'' series there.
*[[Josef Jakobs]] (1898–1941), German spy captured in [[Ramsey, Cambridgeshire|Ramsey Hollow]], Huntingdonshire in 1941
*[[Michael Lawrence (writer)|Michael Lawrence]] (born 1943), children's writer, is best known for the ''Jiggy McCue'' series.
*[[John Major]] (born 1943), politician and Prime Minister (1990–1997), was MP for [[Huntingdonshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Huntingdonshire]] from 1979 to 2001, and still resides in the county at [[Great Stukeley]].
*[[John Butcher (British politician)|John Butcher]] (1946–2006), Conservative MP and junior minister, was raised in Huntingdonshire and attended [[Hinchingbrooke School|Huntingdon Grammar School]].
*[[Terry Reid]] (born 1949), rock musician, grew up in [[Holywell, Cambridgeshire|Holywell]].
*[[Chris Morris (satirist)|Chris Morris]] (born 1962), satirist known for the television series ''[[Brass Eye]]'' and ''[[The Day Today]]''
*[[Jason Ablewhite]] (born 1972) former leader of Huntingdonshire District Council, former [[Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Commissioner]]