Editing Wells, Somerset (section)

==Notable people==
{{See also|List of Bishops of Bath and Wells and precursor offices}}
[[File:Wells - Pennyless Porch.JPG|alt=Ornate stone buildings. 2 archways beneath towers. In the foreground is a lamp stand with flowers.|thumb|[[Penniless Porch, Wells|Penniless Porch]] and [[The Bishop's Eye, Wells|the Bishop's Eye]]]]

*[[Hugh of Wells]]&nbsp;– native of Wells, Bishop, elder brother of Jocelin of Wells.<ref name=BHOBath>Greenway ''[http://british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=34341 Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: volume 7: Bath and Wells: Bishops] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927214054/http://british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=34341 |date=27 September 2007 }}''</ref><ref name=Gibbs186>Gibbs and Lang ''Bishops and Reform'' p. 186</ref>
*[[Jocelin of Wells]]&nbsp;– native of Wells, Bishop, aided in creation of [[Magna Carta]] and largely responsible for the construction of the cathedral.<ref name=BHOPrebendsBath>Greenway ''[http://british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=34409 Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: volume 7: Bath and Wells: Canons whose prebends cannot be identified] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20121223044305/http://british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=34409 |date=23 December 2012 }}''</ref>
*[[Herbert E. Balch]]&nbsp;– cave explorer and founder of Wells Museum.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oucc.org.uk/dtt/vol04/dtt4_24.htm |title=To he who lit the Stygian caves |last=Hooper |first=James |date=7 June 1994 |work=Depth through thought -OUCC News |publisher=Oxford University Cave Club |access-date=2 May 2008 |archive-date=16 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716144328/http://www.oucc.org.uk/dtt/vol04/dtt4_24.htm |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Wells Natural History and Archaeological Society |work=Wells Museum website |url=http://www.wellsmuseum.org.uk/top/society.html |access-date=4 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090829081804/http://www.wellsmuseum.org.uk/top/society.html |archive-date=29 August 2009}}</ref> His name was given to Balch Road, a [[council house|council estate]] that was built in the 1950s.
*[[Mary Rand|Mary Bignall-Rand]]&nbsp;– Gold medalist and world record breaker in the long jump at the [[1964 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wells.gov.uk/services/marketplace.php |title=Wells Market Place |publisher=City of Wells |access-date=4 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090923155657/http://www.wells.gov.uk/services/marketplace.php |archive-date=23 September 2009}}</ref>
*[[Jack Buckner]]&nbsp;– won a gold medal in the 5000 metres at the 1986 [[European Athletics Championships]] in Stuttgart and a silver medal over the same distance in the 1986 [[Commonwealth Games]] in Edinburgh. Buckner also claimed a bronze medal at the 1987 [[World Athletics Championships]] in Athens.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/68924 |title=Olympedia – Jack Buckner<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=24 July 2021 |archive-date=26 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826212155/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/68924 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Chris Clarke (politician)|Sir Chris Clarke]]&nbsp;– county councillor for Wells from 1985 to 2005.<ref>[http://wellslibdems.org.uk/news/000022/sir_chris_clarke_obe_has_died.html Sir Chris Clarke OBE has died] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100413184844/http://wellslibdems.org.uk/news/000022/sir_chris_clarke_obe_has_died.html |date=13 April 2010 }} dated 16 December 2009 at wellslibdems.org.uk</ref>
*[[Harry George Crandon]]&nbsp;– awarded the [[Victoria Cross]] during the [[South African War (Boer War)|Boer War]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grave Location for Holders of the Victoria Cross in the City of Manchester |work=The Victoria Cross Website |url=http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/manchest.htm |access-date=25 September 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929105456/http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/manchest.htm |archive-date=29 September 2007}}</ref>
*[[Alexander Edmund Batson Davie|Alexander Davie]]&nbsp;– born in Wells 1847, became 7th [[Premier of British Columbia]].<ref>{{Cite DCB |first=Zane H. |last=Lewis |title=Davie, Alexander Edmund Batson |volume=11 |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/davie_alexander_edmund_batson_11E.html |access-date=4 February 2010}}</ref>
*[[Elizabeth Goudge]]&nbsp;– author of novels, short stories and children's books, was born in Wells in 1900.<ref name="SLrib">{{cite news |last1=Ovens |first1=Ruth |title=A sneak peek inside The Rib in Wells, 'The house with a cathedral in its garden' bought for £2m |url=http://www.somersetlive.co.uk/sneak-peek-inside-Rib-Wells-house-cathedral/story-29394940-detail/story.html |access-date=14 June 2016 |work=Somerset Live |publisher=Local World |date=13 June 2016 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*[[Mary Hamilton (transvestite)|Mary Hamilton]]&nbsp;– 18th century fraudster and cross-dresser
*[[Roger Hollis]]&nbsp;– Director General of [[MI5]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Trahair |first=R.C.S |title=Encyclopedia of Cold War espionage, spies, and secret operations |publisher=Greenwood Press |year=2004 |pages=122 |isbn=978-0-313-31955-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VNSMrps8mpcC&q=Roger%20Hollis%20Wells%20Somerset&pg=PA122 |access-date=5 December 2020 |archive-date=10 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110230531/https://books.google.com/books?id=VNSMrps8mpcC&q=Roger+Hollis+Wells+Somerset&pg=PA122 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[John Holloway (governor)|John Holloway]]&nbsp;– Governor of [[Colony of Newfoundland|Newfoundland]] (1807–1809) and [[Admiral of the Blue]].<ref>{{cite DCB |first=Frederic F. |last=Thompson |title=Holloway, John |volume=6 |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/holloway_john_6E.html |access-date=4 February 2010}}</ref>
*[[John Keate]]&nbsp;– born in Wells 1773, went on to become headmaster at [[Eton College|Eton]] where he restored discipline with the [[Birching|birch]], and once flogged 80 boys in one day.<ref>{{acad|id=KT792J|name=Keate, John}}</ref>
*[[James Keene (football player)|James Keene]]&nbsp;– professional footballer formerly of [[Portsmouth F.C.]], playing for [[IF Elfsborg]] in Sweden.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.goalserve.com/zh/info/soccer/player/james-keene/6235 |title=James Keene |publisher=Goalserve |access-date=20 March 2010 |archive-date=2 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302204526/http://www.goalserve.com/zh/info/soccer/player/james-keene/6235 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Kris Marshall]]&nbsp;– actor, raised in the city and has lived there.<ref name=telegraph-20141228>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/11314416/Whatever-happened-to-Kris-Marshall.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/11314416/Whatever-happened-to-Kris-Marshall.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Whatever happened to Kris Marshall? |first=Daphne |last=Lockyer |newspaper=Daily Telegraph |date=28 December 2014 |access-date=16 April 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*[[Harry Patch]]&nbsp;– last [[trench warfare|trench]] veteran of World War I, and at 111, briefly the oldest man in Europe and [[Oldest people#Oldest living men|3rd oldest man in the world]]. He was born in the nearby village of [[Combe Down]] and at the time of his death in July 2009 he was living in local care home Fletcher House.<ref name="BBCDeath">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8168691.stm |title=WWI veteran Patch dies aged 111 |date=25 July 2009 |work=BBC News |access-date=5 January 2010 |archive-date=26 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726134845/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8168691.stm |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Julia Somerville]]&nbsp;– born in Wells 1947, newsreader and journalist who is working with [[BBC]] and [[ITN]] and co-presenter of ''[[Rip Off Britain (TV series)|Rip Off Britain]]''
*[[James Vaughan (magistrate)|Sir James Vaughan]] (1814–1906), magistrate at [[Bow Street Magistrates' Court]]<ref>James Vaughan in the 1891 Census for England and Wales</ref>
*[[Edgar Wright]]&nbsp;– film and television director.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/3356799/Town-vs-gown-Wells-Somerset.html |title=Town vs gown: Wells, Somerset |last=Davidson |first=Max |date=2 August 2008 |newspaper=The Telegraph |access-date=4 February 2010 |location=London |archive-date=6 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091106192130/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/3356799/Town-vs-gown-Wells-Somerset.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Directed ''[[Hot Fuzz]]'', which was filmed in the city.
*[[Waleran de Wellesley]] (died  {{circa|1276}}), judge in Ireland and ancestor of the [[Duke of Wellington]].<ref>Longford, Elizabeth ''Wellington- the Years of the Sword'' Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1969</ref>{{page needed|date=October 2022}}