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==Notable people== In order of birth: *Henry of Saltrey, a Huntingdonshire [[Cistercians|Cistercian]] monk, wrote ''[[Tractatus de Purgatorio Sancti Patricii]]'' (Treatise on the Purgatory of St Patrick) in about 1180β1184. *Sir [[William Papworth]] (1331β1414) of [[Grafham, Cambridgeshire|Grafham]] and [[Papworth St. Agnes]] was a member of five 14th-century parliaments. *[[Catherine of Aragon]] (1485β1536), previously Queen of England, died in confinement at [[Kimbolton Castle]]. *[[Henry Brandon, 2nd Duke of Suffolk]] and his brother [[Charles Brandon, 3rd Duke of Suffolk]], nephews of [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]], died of [[sweating sickness]] at [[Buckden Palace|Buckden Towers]] within an hour of each other on 14 July 1551. *[[Nicholas Ferrar]] (1592β1637), scholar, courtier and cleric, spent the last eleven years of his life at the [[Little Gidding community]], inspiration of the fourth poem in [[T. S. Eliot]]'s ''[[Four Quartets]]''. *[[Philip Nye]] (1595β1672), [[Independent (religion)|Independent]] theologian, became the incumbent of [[Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire|Kimbolton]] and an adviser to Cromwell. *[[Oliver Cromwell]] (1599β1658), [[Lord Protector]] of England, Scotland and Ireland 1653β1658, was educated at Huntingdon Grammar School. *[[Richard Astry]] (c. 1632β1714) was an English [[antiquary]]. *[[Samuel Pepys]] (1633β1703), [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) and [[diary|diarist]], attended Huntingdon Grammar School. *William Sparrow (1641β1729), cut the famous [[turf maze]] at [[Hilton, Cambridgeshire|Hilton]] in 1660. *[[Alice Curwen|Alice and Thomas Curwen]] were active in the county as Quaker preachers in 1677β1678.<ref>Michael Mullett: "Curwen, Thomas (c. 1610β1680)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford, UK: OUP, 2004) [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6968 Retrieved 17 November 2015.]</ref> *[[Ann Jebb]] (1735β1812), political reformer and radical writer, was born at [[Kings Ripton]]. *[[William Henry Fellowes]] (1769β1837) of [[Ramsey Abbey]], was a longstanding MP for Huntingdon and then Huntingdonshire. *[[Olinthus Gregory]] (1774β1841), mathematician and editor, was born at [[Yaxley, Cambridgeshire|Yaxley]]. *[[Robert Fox (antiquarian)|Robert Fox]] (1798β1843), antiquary and local historian, was born and died at Godmanchester. *[[Charles Bowen Cooke]] (1859β1920), locomotive engineer, was born at [[Orton Longueville]]. *[[Henry Royce]] (1863β1933), pioneering car manufacturer and founder of [[Rolls-Royce Limited]], was born in [[Alwalton]]. *[[Lucy M. Boston]] (1892β1990), children's writer, lived in Huntingdonshire from 1937 until her death, and set the ''[[Green Knowe]]'' series there. *[[Josef Jakobs]] (1898β1941), German spy captured in [[Ramsey, Cambridgeshire|Ramsey Hollow]], Huntingdonshire in 1941 *[[Michael Lawrence (writer)|Michael Lawrence]] (born 1943), children's writer, is best known for the ''Jiggy McCue'' series. *[[John Major]] (born 1943), politician and Prime Minister (1990β1997), was MP for [[Huntingdonshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Huntingdonshire]] from 1979 to 2001, and still resides in the county at [[Great Stukeley]]. *[[John Butcher (British politician)|John Butcher]] (1946β2006), Conservative MP and junior minister, was raised in Huntingdonshire and attended [[Hinchingbrooke School|Huntingdon Grammar School]]. *[[Terry Reid]] (born 1949), rock musician, grew up in [[Holywell, Cambridgeshire|Holywell]]. *[[Chris Morris (satirist)|Chris Morris]] (born 1962), satirist known for the television series ''[[Brass Eye]]'' and ''[[The Day Today]]'' *[[Jason Ablewhite]] (born 1972) former leader of Huntingdonshire District Council, former [[Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Commissioner]]
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