Editing Ludlow (section)

=== Aristocracy, public servants and politicians ===
* [[Katherine Mortimer, Countess of Warwick]] (ca. 1314 in [[ Ludlow Castle]] – 1369), aristocrat, wife of [[Thomas Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick]]
* [[Lady Philippa Mortimer]] (1375-1400) <ref>[[Alison Weir|Weir, Alison]]. (1999). ''Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy''. London: The Bodley Head. pp. 97–98.</ref> and [[Edmund Mortimer (rebel)|Sir Edmund Mortimer]] (1376 - 1409).<ref>Richardson, D. (2011). Kimball G. Everingham (ed.). ''Magna Carta Ancestry''. Vol. 3 (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City. p. 195.</ref>, two of the children of [[Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March]], and [[Philippa Plantagenet, 5th Countess of Ulster|Philippa Plantagenet]] (the only child of [[Lionel, 1st Duke of Clarence]], and [[Elizabeth de Burgh, Countess of Ulster]]) were born in [[Ludlow Castle]] 
* [[Robert Mascall]] (died 1416), medieval Carmelite friar, Bishop of Hereford, 1404 / 1416, was born at Ludlow.<ref>{{cite DNB|wstitle= Mascall, Robert |volume= 36 |last= Pollard |first= Albert |author-link= Albert Pollard |pages= 405-406 |year= |short=1}}</ref>
* Sir [[John Bridgeman (judge)|John Bridgeman]] (1568/69 – 1638), a Chief Justice of The Marches in the 17th century is buried in St Laurence's church, within a tomb monument attributed to [[Francesco Fanelli]].
* Sir [[Timothy Littleton]] (ca.1608 – 1679) judge and politician, MP for [[Ludlow (UK Parliament constituency)|Ludlow]], 1660 / 1670.
* Admiral [[James Vashon]] (1742–1827) lived in Ludlow, on Broad Street, following his distinguished service in the Royal Navy. He died in the town and is buried at St Laurence's. A civic society [[blue plaque]] commemorates him at 54 Broad Street;<ref>[http://www.ludlowcivicsociety.org/ludlowcivicsoci9.html Ludlow Civic Society] blue plaques</ref> there is a Vashon Close in Ludlow's eastern suburbs.
* [[Thomas Johnes]] (1748 in Ludlow – 1816) an MP, landscape architect, farmer, writer and social benefactor.<ref>{{cite DNB|wstitle= Johnes, Thomas |volume= 30 |last= Wroth |first= Warwick William |author-link= Warwick William Wroth |page= 2 |year= |short=1}}</ref>
* [[William Steward (New Zealand politician)|Sir William Jukes-Steward]] (1841–1912), later [[Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives]], had a boyhood home marked by plaque in Ludlow, where he attended the Grammar School, 
* [[Uvedale Corbett (politician)|Uvedale Corbett]]  (1909–2005) a British Lieutenant-Colonel, politician, businessman and Conservative MP for [[Ludlow (UK Parliament constituency)|Ludlow]] 1945 / 1951.
* [[Philip Dunne (Ludlow MP)|Philip Dunne]] (born 1958), local MP, was born in Ludlow.