Editing Congleton (section)

=== Public service and commerce ===
* Saint [[Margaret Ward]] (ca.1550 – 1588), the "pearl of Tyburn", English Catholic martyr<ref>{{Cite web |title=CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Margaret Ward |url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15551b.htm |website=newadvent.org}}</ref> executed during the reign of Elizabeth I for assisting a priest to escape from prison<ref>{{Cite news |date=29 August 2024 |title='Pearl of Tyburn stood for what she believed'|page=14 |newspaper=[[Congleton Chronicle]]}}</ref>
* [[John Bradshaw (judge)|John Bradshaw]] (1602–1659), judge,<ref>{{cite DNB |wstitle= Bradshaw, John (1602-1659) |volume= 06 |last= Lee |first= Sidney |author-link= Sidney Lee | page= 178-181 |short= 1}}</ref> sat as President of the [[High Court of Justice]] for the trial of King Charles I, Mayor of Congleton 1637–1638
* [[John Whitehurst]] (1713–1788), clockmaker<ref>{{cite DNB |wstitle= Whitehurst, John |volume= 61 |last= Carlyle |first= E.I. |author-link= E. I. Carlyle | page= 108-109 |short= 1}}</ref> and scientist, member of the [[Lunar Society]]
* [[Sir John Parnell, 2nd Baronet]] (1744–1801), Anglo-Irish Member of Parliament,<ref>{{Cite web |title=PARNELL, Sir John, 2nd Bt. (1744-1801), of Rathleague, Queen's Co. {{!}} History of Parliament Online |url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/parnell-sir-john-1744-1801 |website=historyofparliamentonline.org}}</ref> his family originally migrated to Ireland from Congleton
* [[Robert Hodgson (dean of Carlisle)|Robert Hodgson]] (1773–1844), priest, [[Dean of Carlisle]]
*[[Thomas Reade (British Army officer)|Sir Thomas Reade]] (1782–1849), British Army Officer and Napoleon's Jailer.<ref>{{Cite news|date= 11 July 2024 |title= Extracts from the Chronicle Files "10 years ago" |department= Glancing Back|page=6|newspaper=[[Congleton Chronicle]]}}</ref>
* [[Gibbs Antrobus]] (1793–1861), diplomat and politician,<ref>{{Cite web |title=ANTROBUS, Gibbs Crawfurd (1793-1861), of Eaton Hall, nr. Congleton, Cheshire and 11 Grosvenor Square, Mdx. {{!}} History of Parliament Online |url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/antrobus-gibbs-1793-1861 |website=historyofparliamentonline.org}}</ref> long-established family in Congleton
* [[Hewett Watson]] (1804–1881), phrenologist, botanist and evolutionary theorist
* [[William Newton (trade unionist)|William Newton]] (1822–1876), trade unionist, journalist and Chartist
* [[Dennis Bradwell]] (1828–1897), silk mill owner and Mayor of Congleton 1875–1878.<ref>{{cite book |title=History of Congleton: Published to Celebrate the 700th Anniversary of the Granting of the Charter to the Town |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ydFRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA151 |first=W. B. |last=Stephens |publisher=Manchester University Press |date=1970 |location=Congleton|pages=151| isbn=9780719012457|via=Google Books }}</ref>
* [[Elizabeth Clarke Wolstenholme Elmy|Elizabeth Wolstenholme]] (1833–1918), [[Women's suffrage in the United Kingdom|suffragist]], essayist and poet<ref>{{Cite news |date=16 March 2022 |title='Our Elizabeth' cemented in town's history |newspaper=Congleton Chronicle|url=https://www.chronicleseries.com/our-elizabeth-cemented-in-towns-history/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220317015146/https://www.chronicleseries.com/our-elizabeth-cemented-in-towns-history/ |archive-date=17 March 2022}}</ref>
* [[Gerald Harrison]] (1883–1943), Royal Navy Rear-Admiral<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7604068 |title=Catalogue description<br>Name Harrison, Gerald Cartmell<br>Date of Birth: 8 October 1883<br> Rank: ... |date=1898-05-15 |publisher=United Kingdom National Archives}}</ref> and cricketer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gerald Harrison Profile – Cricket Player England {{!}} Stats, Records, Video |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/gerald-harrison-14060 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
* [[Theodora Turner]] (1907–1999), born in Congleton, nurse<ref>{{Cite news |date=1999-08-31 |title=Obituaries: Theodora Turner |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituaries-theodora-turner-1114720.html |access-date=2023-09-02 |newspaper=The Independent}}</ref> and hospital matron.
* [[Frank Kearton, Baron Kearton]]  (1911–1992), life peer, scientist and industrialist
* [[George Harold Eardley]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Alcock |first=Joan P. |title=History & Guide Congleton |publisher=Tempus Publishing Ltd |date=30 June 2003 |isbn=0752429469 |location=Stroud |page=95}}</ref><!-- Book does not say whether it was the French or Belgian Croix de Guerre that was awarded to George Harold Eardley-->(1912–1991), received the [[Victoria Cross]]<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=36870|supp=y|page=139|date=29 December 1944}}</ref> in 1944<ref>{{Cite web|title=George Harold Eardley|url=http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/cheshire.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120527162824/http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/cheshire.htm|archive-date=27 May 2012|website=victoriacross.org.uk}}</ref>
* [[John Blundell (economist)|John Blundell]] (1952–2014), Director General<ref>[https://www.atlasnetwork.org/news/article/in-memoriam-john-blundell-1952-2014 ATLAS NETWORK, 22 July 2014, IN MEMORIAM: JOHN BLUNDELL (1952–2014)] retrieved December 2017</ref> at the [[Institute of Economic Affairs]]
* [[Dawn Gibbins]] (1961–2022)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Watson |first=Laura |date=15 February 2022 |title=Tributes as 'secret millionaire' Dawn dies after 30 years of business brilliance |newspaper=Stoke Sentinel |url=https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/business/tributes-secret-millionaire-dawn-dies-6657862.amp |url-status=live |access-date=14 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215054911/https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/business/tributes-secret-millionaire-dawn-dies-6657862.amp |archive-date=15 February 2022}}</ref> entrepreneur,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Coventry |first=Laura |date=7 January 2011 |title=Appearance on Secret Millionaire inspired me to change direction in life, reveals entrepreneur Dawn Gibbins |newspaper=[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]] |url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/real-life/appearance-on-secret-millionaire-inspired-me-to-change-1091550 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214014645/https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/real-life/appearance-on-secret-millionaire-inspired-me-to-change-1091550 |archive-date=14 February 2018}}</ref> started flooring company Flowcrete in [[Sandbach]] with her father.
*[[Sarah Russell (politician)|Sarah Alison Russell]] (born ca.1980) <ref>{{Cite web |title=Sarah Russell |url=https://www.congletonlabourparty.co.uk/sarah-russell |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=www.congletonlabourparty.co.uk}}</ref> MP for [[Congleton (UK Parliament constituency)|Congleton constituency]] since 5 July 2024.