Editing Pembrokeshire (section)

==Notable people==
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From mediaeval times, [[Rhys ap Gruffydd]] ({{circa|lk=no|1132}}-1197), ruler of the [[kingdom of Deheubarth]], was buried in the [[Monastery of Saint David, Wales|Monastery of Saint David]],<ref name="JonesPierce1959"/> later the Cathedral, and [[Gerald of Wales]] was born {{circa|lk=no|1146}} at [[Manorbier Castle]].<ref name="MacCaffrey1909"/> Henry Tudor (later [[Henry VII of England|Henry VII]]) was born in 1457 at [[Pembroke Castle]].<ref name="Rogers2005"/>

[[Robert Recorde]], inventor of the [[Equals sign|equals sign (=)]] in mathematics was from [[Tenby]].<ref name="ODNB"/>

The pirate [[Bartholomew Roberts]] (Black Bart) (Welsh: Barti Ddu) was born in Casnewydd Bach, between Fishguard and Haverfordwest in 1682.<ref name="Yount"/>

In later military history, [[Jemima Nicholas]], heroine of the so-called "last invasion of Britain" in 1797, was from Fishguard,<ref name="BBCNews4Apr2006"/> Lieutenant General Sir [[Thomas Picton]] GCB, born in Haverfordwest, was killed at the [[Battle of Waterloo]] in 1815<ref name="Johnston1959"/> and [[Private Thomas Collins]] is believed to be the only Pembrokeshire man that fought in the [[Battle of Rorke's Drift]] in 1879.<ref name="BBCNews22Jan2006"/>

In the arts, siblings [[Gwen John|Gwen]] and [[Augustus John]] were both born in Pembrokeshire,<ref name="Mintle2002"/>{{rp|251&ndash;252}} as was the novelist [[Sarah Waters]];<ref name="Guardian1Jun2006"/> singer [[Connie Fisher]] grew up in Pembrokeshire.<ref name="PTV16Sep2006"/> The actor [[Christian Bale]] was born in Haverfordwest.<ref name="Bale"/>

[[Stephen Crabb]], a former [[Secretary of State for Work and Pensions]] and [[Secretary of State for Wales]], was brought up in Pembrokeshire and until 2024 was one of the county's two [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Members of Parliament]],<ref name="DT26Mar2016"/> the other being [[Simon Hart]],<ref name="BBCNews7May2010"/> who served as Secretary of State for Wales from 2019 to 2022.<ref name="BBCNews16Dec2019"/><ref name="SkyNews20Jul2023"/>