John Charlton, 1st Baron Charlton

John Charlton, 1st Baron Charlton of Powys (1268–1353), rose from a Shropshire landowning family in Edward II's household. In 1309 he married Hawys Gadarn, heiress of the Welsh lordship of Powys, gaining Welshpool and laying the foundations of Powis Castle. In 1313 he was summoned to Parliament as Lord Charlton.

He fought the Scots, joined Lancaster's revolt against the Despensers in 1321, and in 1326 executed the Earl of Arundel on Queen Isabella's orders. He served as Justiciar of Ireland and died in 1353.