Editing Laugharne (section)

==Notable people==
*[[Thomas Rede]] (ca.1390 – ca.1455), merchant, landholder, knight and public official of nearby Roche Castle 
*[[Reginald Pecock]] (ca.1395 – ca.1461), prelate and writer, born in Laugharne<ref>{{cite book|last=Lloyd (Ed)|first=Prof. Sir J.E.|title=History of Carmarthenshire|volume=1| date=1939|page=443|url=https://archive.org/details/pecock-lloyd}}</ref>
*[[Sir John Perrot]] (1528–1592), [[Lord Deputy of Ireland]], [[Lord President of Munster]] and [[Privy Council of England|Privy Councillor]] to Elizabeth I, lived in Laugharne Castle<ref>{{cite web|title=Church Monument Society: Sir John Perrot|url=https://churchmonumentssociety.org/monument-of-the-month/sir-john-perrot-memorial-eglwys-gymyn-carmarthenshire#_ednref1|access-date=19 June 2020}}</ref>
*[[Thomas Perrot|Sir Thomas Perrot]] (1553–1594), Elizabethan courtier, soldier and Member of Parliament, lived in Laugharne Castle<ref>Indenture from John God to Sir John Perrot, cited in<br />{{cite journal |title=Notes on the Perrot Family |journal=Archaeologia Cambrensis |date=July 1866 |issue=XLVII |pages=324 |url=https://journals.library.wales/view/2919943/2996958/149#?xywh=-801%2C-1157%2C3813%2C3913 |publisher=Cambrian Archaeological Association |quote=No. 26334. An indenture made 12 Elizabeth, in which John God, merchant tailor of London, makes over to Sir John Perrot the parsonage of Laugharne. (In this document Sir John is described as late of Carew.) }}</ref>
*[[James Perrot|Sir James Perrot]] (1571–1636), writer and Member of Parliament, lived in Laugharne<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jones |first1=Francis |title=Historic Carmarthenshire Homes & Their Families|date=1997 |publisher=Brawdy Books |page=196|isbn=0952834413|chapter=Westmead, Laugharne |quote="In the latter part of the sixteenth century, the property was owned by Sir John Perrot, who by a deed dated 29 May 1584 settled certain properties on his 'reputed son' James Perrot 'late of Westmede in the County of Carmarthen' }}</ref>
*[[Sir Sackville Crowe, 1st Baronet|Sir Sackville Crowe]] (1595–1671), English politician, lived in Laugharne<ref>{{cite book |last1=Davidson |first1=Alan |last2=Thrush |first2=Andrew |editor1-last=Thrush |editor1-first=Andrew |editor2-last=Ferris |editor2-first=John P. |title=The House of Commons, 1604–1629 |date=2010 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1107002258 |chapter=CROWE, Sackville (1595–1671), of Laugharne, Carm.; formerly of Brasted Place, Kent and Mays, Selmeston, Suss.}}<br />Accessed via {{cite web |title=CROWE, Sackville (1595–1671), of Laugharne, Carm.; formerly of Brasted Place, Kent and Mays, Selmeston, Suss. |url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/crowe-sackville-1595-1671 |website=The History of Parliament |access-date=24 June 2020}}</ref>
*[[Rowland Laugharne]] (1607–1675), Parliamentary General; his 1644 siege of the castle, a former family home, left it an uninhabitable ruin<ref name="Sieges of Laugharne Castle"/> 
*[[William Thomas (bishop of Worcester)|Bishop William Thomas]] (1613–1689), Vicar of Laugharne, ejected by Cromwell. Later [[Bishop of St Davids]] and [[Bishop of Worcester]].<ref name=Thomas>{{cite ODNB| url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/27244| title= Thomas, William (1613–1689)| last=Roberts |first=Stephen K. |date=October 2005| doi= 10.1093/ref:odnb/27244| access-date=2008-03-16}}</ref>
*[[John Powell (judge)|Sir John Powell]] (1632/3–1696), judge who presided over the trial of the [[Seven Bishops]] in 1688, lived in Laugharne<ref>{{cite DWB|last=Roberts|first=Glyn|date=1959|title=POWELL, Sir JOHN (1633–1696), lawyer and judge|access-date=19 Jun 2020|id=s-POWE-JOH-1633}}</ref>
*[[Sir Thomas Powell, 1st Baronet|Sir Thomas Powell]] (ca.1665 – 1720), lawyer and Member of Parliament, born in Laugharne<ref>{{cite book |first=D. W. |last=Hayton |editor1-first=Eveline |editor1-last=Cruickshanks |editor2-first=Stuart |editor2-last=Handley |editor3-first=D. W. |editor3-last=Hayton |title=The House of Commons, 1690–1715 |date=2002 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=9780521772211 |chapter=POWELL, Sir Thomas, 1st Bt. (c.1665–1720), of Broadway, Laugharne, Carm. and Coldbrook Park, Mon.}}<br />Accessed via {{cite web |title=POWELL, Sir Thomas, 1st Bt. (c.1665–1720), of Broadway, Laugharne, Carm. and Coldbrook Park, Mon. |url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/powell-sir-thomas-1665-1720 |website=The History of Parliament |access-date=24 June 2020}}</ref>
*[[Griffith Jones (priest)|Griffith Jones]] (1684–1761), educational pioneer, curate of Laugharne where he also resided in later years<ref>{{cite DWB|first=Clement|last=Mary|date=1959|title=JONES, GRIFFITH (1683–1761), cleric and educational reformer|fewer-links=yes|access-date=19 Jun 2020|id=s-JONE-GRI-1683}}</ref>
*[[Bridget Bevan]] (1698–1779), also known as Madam Bevan, educationalist and philanthropist, lived in Laugharne<ref>{{cite DWB|first=Clement|last=Mary|date=1959|title=BEVAN, BRIDGET ('Madam Bevan'; 1698 – 1779), philanthropist and educationist|fewer-links=yes|access-date=19 Jun 2020|id=s-BEVA-BRI-1698}}</ref>
*[[Josiah Tucker]] (1713–1799), clergyman, economist and political writer; [[Dean of Gloucester]], born in Laugharne<ref>{{cite DWB|first1=J. F.|last1=Rees|author-link1=James Frederick Rees|first2=R. T.|last2=Jenkins|author-link2=Robert Thomas Jenkins|date=1959|title=TUCKER, JOSIAH (1712–1799), cleric and economist|fewer-links=yes|access-date=19 Jun 2020|id=s-TUCK-JOS-1712}}</ref>
*[[Peter Williams (Welsh Methodist)|Peter Williams]] (1723–1796), Methodist leader and publisher of Welsh language bibles, born at West Marsh Farm in Laugharne<ref>[https://archive.org/details/nlw-1836-tithe-map-west-marsh-farm-laugharne-parish West Marsh Farm, Laugharne Parish] 1836 Tithe Map (extract) NLW</ref>
*[[Mary Wollstonecraft]] (1759–1797), writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights, lived in Laugharne as a child<ref>{{cite book |last1=Johnson |first1=Claudia L. |author-link=Claudia L. Johnson |title=The Cambridge Companion to Mary Wollstonecraft |date=2006 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=9780511998812 |page=xv |url=http://assets.cambridge.org/97805217/83439/frontmatter/9780521783439_frontmatter.pdf}}</ref>
*[[James Augustus St. John]] (1795–1875), author and traveller, born in Laugharne<ref name=StJohn>{{cite ODNB| url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/27244| title= St John, James Augustus (1795–1875)|last=Spilsbury|first=S.V.|date=October 2005| doi= 10.1093/ref:odnb/27244| access-date=2008-03-16}}</ref>
*[[Edward Falkener]] (1814-1896), architect, archaeologist, art historian and author, lived at the Glanymor Estate from 1866 until his death <ref name="DNB">{{cite DNBSupp|wstitle=Falkener, Edward|volume=2}}</ref>
*[[Arnold Wienholt, Sr.]] (1826–1895), Australian politician, lived at Castle House in Laugharne<ref name=qpbio>{{cite web|title=Wienholt, Arnold (Snr)|url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=4006381019|publisher=[[Parliament of Queensland]]|access-date=5 September 2015}}</ref>
*[[Edward Wienholt]] (1833–1904), Australian politician, lived at Castle House in Laugharne<ref name=adb>{{Cite AuDB|id2=wienholt-edward-4956 |title=Wienholt, Edward (1833–1904)|volume=6|year=1976|first=D.B.|last=Waterson|access-date=29 January 2015}}</ref>
*[[Agnes Mason]] (1849–1941), nun, born in Laugharne<ref name=odnb>Julia Bolton Holloway, 'Mason, (Frances) Agnes (1849–1941)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/58485, accessed 12 Nov 2016]</ref>
*[[Joseph Arthur Hamilton Beresford]] (1861–1952), Australian naval commander, born in Laugharne<ref name=Mercury>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27129252|title=Former R.A.N. Man Dies at Hobart|newspaper=[[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury]]|volume=CLXXII|issue=25,593|location=Tasmania|date=31 December 1952|page=7}}</ref>
*[[Owen_Cox|Sir Edward Owen Cox]] (1866–1932), Australian politician & businessman, born in Laugharne.<ref>  [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/cox-sir-edward-john-owen-5798/text9839 Heather Radi, 'Cox, Sir Edward John Owen (1866–1932)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University], published first in hardcopy 1981, accessed online 23 January 2025.</ref>
*[[Caleb Rees (school inspector)|Caleb Rees]] (1883–1970), inspector of schools and author, lived at [[Island House, Laugharne|Island House]] in Laugharne from 1943 until his death<ref>{{cite DWB|last=James|first=Mary Auronwy |date=2001|title=REES, Caleb (1883–1970),inspector of schools and author |fewer-links=yes|access-date=6 Aug 2020|id=s2-REES-CAL-1883}}</ref> 
*[[William Charles Fuller]] (1884–1974), soldier, recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]], born in Laugharne<ref>[http://www.vconline.org.uk/william-c-fuller-vc/4586754521 VC Online:William Fuller]</ref>
*[[William Thomas David]] (1886–1948), Professor of Engineering at University College Cardiff and at the University of Leeds, born in Laugharne<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Evans |first1=R. H. |title=Prof. W. T. David |journal=Nature |date=July 1948 |volume=162 |issue=4105 |page=15 |doi=10.1038/162015a0 |bibcode=1948Natur.162...15E |doi-access=free }}</ref>
*[[Raymond Jeremy]] (1890-1969), violist, professor of violin and viola at the [[Royal Academy of Music]], born in Laugharne
*[[Richard Hughes (British writer)|Richard Hughes]] (1900–1976), writer, lived at [[Castle House, Laugharne|Castle House]], instrumental in Dylan Thomas moving to Laugharne<ref>{{cite web |title=Dylan Thomas' Laugharne |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/arts/sites/dylan-thomas/pages/laugharne.shtml |website=Wales Arts |publisher=BBC |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213232238/http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/arts/sites/dylan-thomas/pages/laugharne.shtml |archive-date=13 December 2013 |date=6 November 2008}}</ref>
*[[Dylan Thomas]] (1914–1953), poet, lived in Laugharne and is buried in the churchyard<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ferris |first1=Paul |title=Dylan Thomas, A Biography |year=1989 |publisher=Paragon House |location=New York |isbn=978-1-55778-215-1|page=239}}</ref>
*[[Derrick Childs]] (1918–1987), the Anglican [[Bishop of Monmouth]] and [[Archbishop of Wales]], grew up in Laugharne
*[[Kingsley Amis|Sir Kingsley Amis]] (1922–1995), novelist, poet and critic, wrote Booker Prize winner ''[[The Old Devils]]'' while living in Cliff House, Laugharne.<ref>[http://www.dylanthomas.com/dylan-thomas-trails/west-wales/laugharne/?doing_wp_cron=1592903434.7265911102294921875000 Dylan Thomas Centre] Laugharne</ref>
*[[George Tremlett]] (1939–2021), writer, former politician and bookshop owner, lived in Laugharne<ref>{{cite web |last1=Beale |first1=Nigel |title=George Tremlett on Dylan and Caitlin Thomas |url=http://thebibliofile.ca/george-tremett-on-dylan-and-caitlin-thomas |website=The Biblio File}}{{Self-published source|date=June 2020}}</ref>
*[[Aeronwy Thomas]] (1943–2009), poet, writer and translator of Italian poetry; the second child and only daughter of [[Dylan Thomas]]
*[[Gary Pearce (rugby)|Gary Pearce]] (born 1960), rugby union and rugby league player, born in Laugharne<ref>{{cite web|title=Rugby in Wales: Laugharne FC|url=http://www.rugbyinwales.co.uk/laugharne/index.htm|access-date=22 June 2020}}</ref>