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Newson Garrett (31 July 1812 – 4 May 1893) was an English maltster, instrumental in the revival of the town of Aldeburgh, Suffolk, of which he became mayor at the end of his life. His daughter Elizabeth became the first woman in Britain to qualify as a medical doctor.
23 de mai. de 2018 · Newson Garrett (31 July 1812 - 4 May 1893), was a maltster and brewer instrumental in the revival of the town of Aldeburgh, Suffolk, of which he became mayor at the end of his life. Two of his six daughters became famous as women's rights activists.
- Leiston, England
- Leiston, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
- July 31, 1812
- May 04, 1893 (80)
19 de jun. de 2008 · Some families are hotbeds of iconoclasm, and one such was the family of Newson Garrett (1812-93). He is remembered in Aldeburgh, Suffolk, as the prosperous local businessman who built the Maltings at Snape, adopted by Benjamin Britten as the home for his festival.
25 de dez. de 2021 · Summary. A pioneering physician, a suffragette, an educator, and a politician, Elizabeth Garrett-Anderson was at the center of some of the most prominent scientific and social movements of her era. From an early age she campaigned for women’s education and professionalization.
Having bought the already busy shipping port at Snape Bridge in 1841, Victorian industrial entrepreneur Newson Garrett built Snape Maltings over the following decades in order to malt barley and ship it by Thames barge to breweries in London and elsewhere.
In 1889, Newson Garrett became the first mayor of Aldeburgh, serving again in 1886 and 1890 and as alderman, 1888–93. He was also Aldeburgh's first county councillor and alderman, 1889–92. His involvement in politics often led to conflict.
The statue of Millicent Garrett Fawcett was unveiled in 2018, the centenary year of the 1918 Representation of the People Act. It is the first to depict a woman in Parliament Square and commemorates one of the most influential feminists of the past 150 years.
