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ALDEBURGH AND THE GARRETT FAMILY
Newson Garrett, grandson of the founder of the prosperous agricultural machinery works at Leiston, settled his young family at the Uplands in Aldeburgh in 1840 and purchased the business of Osborne and Fennell, corn and coal merchants at Snape Bridge the following year. He built Alde House as a summer residence for his large family, then in 1854 began malting at Snape and quickly became the leading businessman in the district.
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, the second of Newson’s six daughters, fought for the right to train as a doctor, becoming the first woman to be admitted to the British Medical Association in 1873. She and her husband founded the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital for Women in London 1872.
Both Elizabeth and her younger sister Millicent, who married the blind MP Henry Fawcett, were ardent supporters of women’s rights. Millicent campaigned tirelessly for over 50 years until her death aged 82.
At the age of 71.in 1908, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson was elected mayor of Aldeburgh. She was the first woman mayor in the country.
Newson Garrett, grandson of the founder of the prosperous agricultural machinery works at Leiston, settled his young family at the Uplands in Aldeburgh in 1840 and purchased the business of Osborne and Fennell, corn and coal merchants at Snape Bridge the following year. He built Alde House as a summer residence for his large family, then in 1854 began malting at Snape and quickly became the leading businessman in the district.
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, the second of Newson’s six daughters, fought for the right to train as a doctor, becoming the first woman to be admitted to the British Medical Association in 1873. She and her husband founded the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital for Women in London 1872.
Both Elizabeth and her younger sister Millicent, who married the blind MP Henry Fawcett, were ardent supporters of women’s rights. Millicent campaigned tirelessly for over 50 years until her death aged 82.
At the age of 71.in 1908, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson was elected mayor of Aldeburgh. She was the first woman mayor in the country.
