Editing Runcorn (section)

===Public service===
[[File:Thomas Alfred Jones VC, Cheshire Regiment.jpg|thumb|upright=0.65|140px|[[Thomas Alfred Jones]] VC, 1917]]
*The [[Barony of Halton]] (1071{{ndash}}1413) was a succession of 15 barons whose seat was [[Halton Castle]]
*[[Richard Brooke (Norton)|Richard Brooke]] (died 1569), soldier, bought the manor of [[Norton, Runcorn|Norton]] from [[Henry VIII]] in 1545
*[[John Savage, 2nd Earl Rivers]] (c. 1603–1654), politician and [[Cavalier|royalist]]
*[[Sir Henry Brooke, 1st Baronet]] (1611–1664), soldier and politician
*Sir [[John Chesshyre]] (1662–1738), lawyer, the king's first [[Serjeant-at-law]]<ref>{{Cite DNB |wstitle= Chesshyre, John |volume= 10 |last= Rigg |first= J.McM. |author-link= |pages= 200-201 |year=|short=1}}</ref>
*[[Thomas Alcock (clergyman)|Thomas Alcock]] (1709–1798), Vicar of Runcorn, writer, cider maker.<ref>{{Cite DNB|wstitle= Alcock, Thomas (1709-1798) |volume= 01 |last= Low |first= Sidney |author-link= Sidney Low |pages= 238-239|year=|short=1}}</ref>
*[[Thomas Hazlehurst (chapel builder)|Thomas Hazlehurst]] (1816–1876), [[Methodist]] who paid for the local construction of 12 chapels and 3 schools<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Vardy |first1=P.I. |title=Thomas Hazlehurst and his family |journal=Cheshire History |volume=2005–2006 |issue=45}}</ref>
*Sir [[John Rigby (politician)|John Rigby]]  (1834–1903), judge, politician, and MP for [[Wisbech (UK Parliament constituency)|Wisbech]]<ref>{{Cite DNB12 |wstitle= Rigby, John |volume= 3 |pages= 198-199 |last= Atlay |first= J.B. |author-link= |year=1912|short= 1}}</ref>
*[[Thomas Alfred Jones]] (1880–1956), awarded the [[Victoria Cross]] and [[Distinguished Conduct Medal]] during [[World War I|WWI]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Thompson |first=Dave |year=2002 |title=I Laughed Like Blazes!: The Life of Private Thomas 'Todger' Jones VC, DCM |publisher=D. Thompson |oclc=49907277}}</ref>