page_title: Aldeburgh
section_title: Notable residents
hierarchical_section_title: Aldeburgh / Notable residents
caption_attribution_description: English: A 1900 portrait of Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, LSA, MD (9 June 1836 – 17 December 1917), an English physician and feminist, the first Englishwoman to qualify as a physician and surgeon in Britain, the co-founder of the first hospital staffed by women, the first dean of a British medical school, the first female M.D. in France, the first woman in Britain to be elected to a school board and the first female mayor and magistrate in Britain.
context_page_description: Aldeburgh is an English town on the North Sea coast in the county of Suffolk, to the north of the River Alde. It was home to the composer Benjamin Britten and has been the centre of the international Aldeburgh Festival of arts at nearby Snape Maltings, founded by Britten in 1948. It remains an arts and literary centre, with an annual poetry festival and several food festivals and other events. As a Tudor port, Aldeburgh gained borough status in 1529 under Henry VIII. Its historic buildings include a 16th-century moot hall and a Napoleonic-era Martello Tower. Second homes make up about a third of its housing. Visitors are drawn to its Blue Flag shingle beach and fisherman huts, where fresh fish are sold daily, by Aldeburgh Yacht Club, and by its cultural offerings. Two family-run fish and chip shops are listed among the best in the country.
context_section_description: Henry Johnson (c. 1659–1719), "greatest shipbuilder and shipowner of his day" and MP for Aldeburgh, 1689–1719
  George Crabbe (1754–1832), poet born in Aldeburgh, which features in his poems The Village and The Borough. The latter speaks of a fisherman named Peter Grimes, on whose story Benjamin Britten's opera of that name was based.
  Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836–1917) was the first woman to qualify as a physician and surgeon in Britain, co-founder of first hospital staffed by women, first female dean of a British medical school, first female doctor of medicine in France, first woman in Britain elected to a school board, and as Mayor of Aldeburgh, first female mayor and magistrate in Britain.
  Annie Hall Cudlip, (1838–1918) writer, novelist and short story writer, was born in Aldeburgh.
  Agnes Garrett (1845–1935), suffragist and interior designer, founded the Ladies Dwellings Company.
  Dame Millicent Fawcett (1847–1929), suffragist, feminist and writer, was born in Aldeburgh, where she set her one novel, Janet Doncaster.
  M. R. James (1862–1936), author, set a story, "A Warning to the Curious", in "Seaburgh" (Aldeburgh). Landmarks such as the Martello tower and White Lion Hotel feature.
  Joan Cross (1900–1993), soprano and theatre director who created several Britten opera roles, is buried in the town churchyard.
  Gerry Fiennes (1906–1985), railway manager and author, was Mayor of Aldeburgh in 1976.
  H. T. Cadbury-Brown (1913–2009), architect
  Benjamin Britten (1913–1976) moved to the town in 1942. He, Eric Crozier (1914–1994) and Peter Pears (1910–1986) founded the Aldeburgh Festival and Aldeburgh Music Club. He moved with Pears into The Red House in 1957. They lie side by side in the town churchyard.
  Ruth Rendell (1930–2015), author of thrillers and psychological murder mysteries, created Chief Inspector Wexford.
  Rt Revd Sandy Millar (born 1939), once Vicar of Holy Trinity Brompton and co-founder of the Alpha course, lives in Aldeburgh.
  Sue Lloyd (1939–2011), model and actress, played Barbara Hunter in Crossroads.
  Christine Truman (born 1941), Grand Slam tennis event winner, lives in Aldeburgh.
  Malcolm Bowie (1943–2007), Master of Christ's College, Cambridge, 2002–2006
  Peter Sinfield (born 1943), songwriter with the progressive rock act King Crimson, lives in Aldeburgh.
  Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian (living), composer, lives in Aldeburgh, on the border with Thorpeness.
  Roy Keane (born 1971), footballer, became an Aldeburgh resident in 2009 on taking over as manager of Ipswich Town.
  Miranda Raison (born 1977), actress, has a weekend cottage in Aldeburgh and belongs to Aldeburgh Golf Club.
  Isabella Summers (born 1980), songwriter, producer and remixer (Florence and the Machine), is an Aldeburgh native.
caption: Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, 1900
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