Editing Huntingdon (section)

===Politics===

[[File:Oliver Cromwell by Samuel Cooper.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Oliver Cromwell]], 1646]]

* [[David, Earl of Huntingdon]] (c. 1144–1219), Scottish prince, was born in Huntingdon.<ref>Rootsweb [http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=john_d_newport&id=I8358 Retrieved 11 March 2016.]</ref>
* [[Richard Patrick (MP)|Richard Patrick]] (died 1566), MP for Huntingdon in 1559
* [[Oliver Cromwell]] (1599–1658), [[Lord Protector]], was born in Huntingdon.<ref name="EB1911">{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Cromwell, Oliver | volume= 7 | pages = 487&ndash;498 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich]] (1625–1672), [[English Civil War]] general and [[Restoration (England)|Restoration]] politician, attended Huntingdon Grammar School.<ref>BCW Project [http://bcw-project.org/biography/edward-montagu-earl-of-sandwich Retrieved 12 March 2016.]</ref>
* [[Richard Cromwell]] (1626–1712), Lord Protector (1658–59), was born in Huntingdon.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Cromwell, Richard | volume= 7 |last= Yorke | first= Philip Chesney |author-link= | pages = 498&ndash;499 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Henry Cromwell]] (1628–1674), [[Lord Deputy of Ireland]] and chancellor of [[Trinity College, Dublin]], was born in Huntingdon.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Cromwell, Henry | volume= 7 | pages = 486&ndash;487 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Charlie Elphicke]] (born 1971), Conservative member of Parliament for Dover 2010–19 and sex offender,<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-07-30 |title=Charlie Elphicke trial: Ex-MP guilty of sexual assaults |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-kent-53515005 |access-date=2023-07-10}}</ref> was born in Huntingdon.