Newson Garrett

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.

When he finished school, the small town of Leiston offered little to Newson, so he left for London to make his fortune.

There, he fell in love with his brother's sister-in-law, Louisa Dunnell, the daughter of an innkeeper of Suffolk origin.

Newson's business at Snape Maltings expanded and five more children were born, Agnes (1845), an interior designer; Millicent (1847), a leader in the constitutional campaign for women's suffrage; Samuel (1850), Josephine (1853) and George (1854).

A granddaughter Philippa Fawcett was the first woman to rank highest in the Mathematical Tripos examinations at Cambridge.

Newson and Louisa Garrett in their old age; from What I Remember by their daughter Millicent Garrett Fawcett
Snape Maltings
His memorial in the Lady chapel of Aldeburgh parish church