Find A Grave - Suffolk

Ablett, Alfred b. August 3, 1830 d. March 12, 1897
Crimean War Victoria Cross Recipient. Born in Weybread, Suffolk, England, he served as a Private in the 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards of Foot, British Army. During the seige at Sebastopol, Russia, on September 2, 1855, when a burning shell fell in a trench and two cases of ammunition which could have exploded, Private Ablett jumped into trench. He seized the shell and threw it over the parapet where it exploded without hurting anyone in his unit. For most prestigious bravery, he was awarded...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
St Andrew Churchyard, Weybread, Suffolk, England
Addison, Henry b. February, 1821 d. June 18, 1887
Indian Mutiny Victoria Cross Recipient. Born in Bardwell, England, he served as a Private in the 43rd Regiment of Foot, Light Infantry, British Army. In actions near Kubrebeah, India, January 2, 1859, men of the artillery group 43rd Regiment were suddenly attacked. Private Addison seeing a wounded officer on the ground rushed forward to defend and cover him. While putting himself in front of the officer, fighting the enemy, he saved the officer and received two very severe sword cuts which...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
St Peter and St Paul Churchyard, Bardwell, Suffolk, England
Airy, George Biddell b. July 27, 1801 d. January 2, 1892
Astronomer. He served as Great Britain's Astronomer Royal from 1835 until 1881. In 1838 he created a magnetic and meteorological department at the Greenwich Observatory in England. From 1826 to 1854 he conducted research which led him to determine the mean density of the Earth. As Astronomer Royal, he built the Airy Transit Circle, which defines the exact position of the Greenwich or Prime Meridian longitude vector. He was a Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University for forty-...[Read More] (Bio by: s.canning)
St Mary Churchyard, Playford, Suffolk, England
Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett b. June 9, 1836 d. December 17, 1917
Medical Pioneer, Social Reformer. She is regarded as being the first British woman doctor (Elizabeth Blackwell preceded her, but Dr. Blackwell, although born in Bristol, received her medical training in America). Born at 1 Whitechapel Road in the East End of London, her family had moved to London from Suffolk and, in March 1871, they returned to their native county. Elizabeth was educated privately. From an early age, it was her ambition to become a doctor and, when asked why she would not be...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine)
St Peter and St Paul Churchyard, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England
Ashton, Frederick b. September 17, 1904 d. August 19, 1988
Ballet Choreographer. Born in Ecuador, he believed to be the second greatest British choreographer (Sir Kenneth MacMillan being first.) He studied dance in London with Massine and joined the Vic-Wells ballet in 1933 and was said to be a very talented character dancer, suited to roles such as Carabosse in Sleeping Beauty. Among the many ballets he choreographed his masterpieces are the great favorites Cinderella, Sylvia, The Two Pigeons and Daphnis and Chloe. He worked in his time with Margot...[Read More] (Bio by: Medora)
St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Yaxley, Suffolk, England
Barefoot, Herbert John Leslie b. May 15, 1887 d. December 23, 1958
British George Cross Recipient. He was born in Dulwich in South London, and was educated at the College there, before becoming a partner in a firm of architects. During the First World War, he served in Egypt with the Royal Army Medical Corps. When the Second World War broke out, he joined the Royal Engineers as a Lieutenant (acting Major) and became an expert on bomb disposal, dealing with some of the first unexploded bombs to fall on Great Britain. In January 1941, he became the first Army...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine)
New Ipswich Cemetery, Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Barton, Bernard b. January 31, 1784 d. February 19, 1849
Poet. Like John Greenleaf Whittier in America, he is known as "The Quaker Poet". He was born in Carlisle, but became apprenticed to a shopkeeper in Suffolk. In 1806, he moved to Woodbridge in the same county, where, with his brother, he founded a coal and corn merchants. At about this time, he married ; unfortunately, within the year, his wife died in childbirth. Barton then re-located to Liverpool, but soon returned to Woodbridge to take up a post as clerk in Alexander's Bank. In his free time...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine)
Quaker Burial Ground, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England
Blunden, Edmund b. November 1, 1896 d. January 20, 1974
Author. He was born in London, England. He served in the First World War, winning the Military Cross. His life was powerfully dominated by his wartime experience, which he reflected in one of his most renowned works, "Undertones of War" (1928). Also he was a close friend of the poet Siegfried Sassoon. His works include "The Harbingers", "The Shepherd and Other Poems of Peace and War", "Masks of Time", "Retreat", "Near and Far", "The Face of England", "Choice or Chance", "After the Bombing", and...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Holy Trinity Churchyard, Long Melford, Suffolk, England
Britten, Benjamin b. November 22, 1913 d. December 4, 1976
Composer, Musician. Edward Benjamin Britten often remarked that he was destined for a career in music, because he was born on St. Cecilia's Day. He was a native of Lowestoft in Suffolk and was educated at Gresham's School in Holt, Norfolk. He studied music under Frank Bridge and, later, John Ireland. Among his best-known works are the operas "Peter Grimes," "Albert Herring," "Billy Budd," "Paul Bunyan" and "The Turn of the Screw," as well as "The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra." He is...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine)
St Peter and St Paul Churchyard, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England
Clarkson, Thomas b. March 28, 1760 d. September 26, 1846
Social Reformer. He was educated at Cambridge University, where in 1785 he won first prize in a Latin essay competition, "Is it right to make slaves of others against their will?" In May 1787, he was one of the twelve men who formed the Committee for Abolition of the African Slave Trade. He took on the role of fact-finder, and for the next two years rode around the country gathering evidence against the trade. His energies were not just confined to Britain. In the autumn of 1789, he went to...[Read More] (Bio by: julia&keld)
St Mary Churchyard, Playford, Suffolk, England
Constable, Golding b. 1738 d. May 14, 1816
"Sacred to the memory of GOLDING CONSTABLE, who died the 14th. day of May 1816, aged 78 years. Sacred to the memory of ANN, the wife of Golding Constable, who died the 6th. day of March 1815, aged 67 years." Golding Constable owned two watermils and a windmill on the banks of the River Stour. In 1767, he married Ann Watts, the eldest daughter of William Watts, a cooper of Upper Thames Street in London. They had six children, of whom the fourth was John Constable (q.v.), the landscape painter...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine)
St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, East Bergholt, Suffolk, England
Cordell, Sir. William d. 1581
English Politician. He was Speaker of the House of Commons under Queen Mary Tudor and Master of the Rolls under Queen Elizabeth I. The four female figures on his tomb represent Prudence, Justice, Fortitude and Temperance. (Bio by: julia&keld)
Holy Trinity Churchyard, Long Melford, Suffolk, England
Cross, Joan b. September 7, 1900 d. December 12, 1993
Opera Singer. She was born in London and was educated at St. Paul's Girls' School, where her music teacher was Gustav Holst, and at Trinity College, London, where she played the violin. In 1924, she joined Lilian Baylis's Old Vic Opera Company and, from 1931 to 1946, was the principal soprano of Sadlers Wells Opera. In 1948, she founded the Opera School (later, the National School of Opera) and remained a director until 1964. She created the lead soprano roles in five operas by Benjamin Britten:...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine)
St Peter and St Paul Churchyard, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England
De Burgh, Elizabeth b. July 6, 1332 d. December 10, 1363
English Nobility. The Duchess of Clarence, she was the only child of William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster, and Maud Plantagenet. Born in Castle Carrickfergus, Antrim, Ireland, after her father's murder in June 1333 she became the sole legal heir to all the de Burgh lands in Ireland. Raised in England, she married her cousin, Lionel of Antwerp, the 1st Duke of Clarence, in 1352. In 1355 they had a child, Philippa Plantagenet. The Countess of Ulster died in Dublin in 1363 during her...[Read More] (Bio by: julia&keld)
Clare Priory, Clare, Suffolk, England
De La Pole, Michael b. 1367 d. September 17, 1415
English Nobility. 2nd Earl of Suffolk. His father was a former Lord Chancellor of England who died in exile in 1389 after being accused of treason, and was stripped of all his titles. The Earldom of Suffolk was restored to Michael in 1398 but he never succeeded in gaining back all the family estates. He regularly attended Parliament, though his political ambitions were largely confined to his native East Anglia. From 1399 he was a justice of the peace in Suffolk and Norfolk. In 1415...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
St Andrew Churchyard, Wingfield, Suffolk, England
Edmund the Martyr b. 841 d. November 20, 870 (circa)
English royalty. King of East Anglia. Crowned at the age of 15, he showed himself a model ruler. In 870, he bravely fought the two Danish invaders who wanted him to renounce his Christian faith. When they returned with increased armies, he tried to avoid a meaningless massacre, and disbanded his troops. On his way to retirement, he was captured. He declared that his religion was dearer to him than his life. After beating him with cudgels, the Danes tied him to a tree, and cruelly tore his flesh...[Read More] (Bio by: julia&keld)
Bury St Edmunds Abbey, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
FitzGerald, Edward b. March 31, 1809 d. June 14, 1883
Edward FitzGerald was born at the White House, between Woodbridge and Bredfield, in Suffolk, England. His parents were Irish. FitzGerald was his mother's name which his father, John Purcell, assumed in 1818 on the death of his wife's father. Edward, who was the seventh of eight children, was educated at King Edward VI's School in Bury St. Edmunds and at Trinity College in Cambridge. In 1856, he married Lucy Barton, the daughter of Bernard Barton but the marriage was not a success and the pair...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine)
St Michael Churchyard, Boulge, Suffolk, England
FitzRoy, Augustus Henry 'Third Duke of Grafton' b. September 28, 1735 d. March 11, 1811
British Prime Minister (1768-1770).
St Genevieve Churchyard, Euston, Suffolk, England
Fitzroy, Henry b. June 15, 1519 d. July 22, 1536
English Nobility. The Duke of Richmond, he was the bastard son of Henry VIII and his mistress Elizabeth Blount, born during Henry's marriage to Catherine of Aragon. He was the only bastard child that Henry VIII ever acknowledged. Named Fitzroy, meaning 'son of the king', he was brought up at Windsor, where his father indulged him. The King created Henry Knight of the Garter at the age of six in April 1525. He was then advanced to Earl of Nottingham, and the same day, June 16, 1525, made Duke of...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
St Michael Churchyard, Framlingham, Suffolk, England
Garrett, Newson b. July 31, 1812 d. May 4, 1893
Newson Garrett was born in Leiston in Suffolk. As a young man, he moved to London and began work as a pawnbroker. It was there that he married Louisa Dunnell and that their daughter, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (q.v.) was born. In March 1841, however, he moved back to Suffolk in order to begin a new career as a shipmerchant of barley and coal. In 1889, he was elected to the position of Mayor of Aldeburgh, a post to which his daughter was to follow him in 1908, some fifteen years after his death. (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine)
Cause of death: Heart attack
St Peter and St Paul Churchyard, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England

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