Editing Welshpool (section)

==Notable people==
[[File:William Boyd Dawkins late.jpg|thumb|140px|[[William Boyd Dawkins]]]]
*[[William Morgan (Bible translator)|William Morgan]] (1545-1604), Bible translator, Vicar of Welshpool 1575–79, became [[Bishop of St Asaph]] in 1601
*[[Sampson Lloyd (iron manufacturer)|Sampson Lloyd]] (1664–1724), iron manufacturer in early Birmingham, founder of the [[Lloyd family of Birmingham]]
*[[Percy Egerton Herbert|Lieutenant-General Sir Percy Egerton Herbert]] (1822 in Powis Castle – 1876), Army officer and politician.
*Sir [[William Boyd Dawkins]] (1837 in Buttington – 1929), geologist and archaeologist.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Dawkins, William Boyd | volume= 7 | page = 873 |short= 1}}</ref>
*[[Rupert Davies (politician)|William Rupert Davies]] (1879-1967), Canadian [[Senate of Canada|Senator]], politician, newspaper publisher, born at Welshpool,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://canadian-writers.athabascau.ca/english/writers/rdavies.php|title = Robertson Davies}}</ref> later returned to Wales and lived latterly at [[Leighton Hall, Powys|Leighton Hall]].
*[[William Herbert Waring]]  (1885-1918), [[Victoria Cross]] recipient in World War I.
*[[Roderick Urwick Sayce]]  (1890–1970), social anthropologist and geographer
*[[Ann Mercy Hunt]]  (1938–2014), medical researcher and campaigner; co-founded the [[Tuberous Sclerosis Association]]
*[[Glyn Davies (politician)|Glyn Davies]] (born 1944), a former politician and MP for [[Montgomeryshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Montgomeryshire]] from 2010 to 2019.
*[[Michael Jones (Welsh-French musician)|Michael Jones]] (born 28 January 1952), is a Welsh-French singer, guitarist, and songwriter who lives in [[France]].
*[[Craig Williams (British politician)|Craig Williams]] (born 1985), politician, MP for [[Cardiff North (UK Parliament constituency)|Cardiff North]], 2015 to 2017 and for [[Montgomeryshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Montgomeryshire]] from 2019. [[Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister|PPS to PM]].

=== Sport ===
*[[Jack Roscamp]] (1901-1939). footballer notably for [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]], was a publican in his latter years when he kept The Boot Inn in the town.<ref>{{cite book|last=Jones|first=Mike|title=Meadow Maestros & Misfits|year=2008|publisher=Janet Beasley, Shrewsbury|page=16|isbn=978-0-9548099-2-8}}</ref>
*[[George Bennett (rugby)|George Bennett]] (1913 in Forden – 1970), a rugby union and professional rugby league footballer with 383 caps
*[[Ian Hutchinson (cricketer)|Ian Hutchinson]] (born 1964), county cricketer for [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]] and [[Shropshire County Cricket Club|Shropshire]]. 27 first class caps