Editing Suffolk (section)

== Notable people ==
[[File:Mr and Mrs Andrews 1748-49.jpg|thumb|right|Gainsborough's ''[[Mr and Mrs Andrews]]'' (1748–49), housed at the [[National Gallery, London|National Gallery]] in London, depicts the Suffolk landscape of his time]]
In the arts, Suffolk is noted for having been home to two of England's best regarded painters, [[Thomas Gainsborough]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gainsborough.org/tg/biography.htm |title=Biography |publisher=Gainsborough's House |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509164648/http://www.gainsborough.org/tg/biography.htm |archive-date=9 May 2008 |access-date=30 October 2008}}</ref> and [[John Constable]] – the Stour Valley area is branded as "Constable Country"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-flatfordbridgecottage/w-flatfordbridgecottage-walk.htm |title=Constable Country walk |publisher=[[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|The National Trust]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080926181850/http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-flatfordbridgecottage/w-flatfordbridgecottage-walk.htm |archive-date=26 September 2008 |access-date=30 October 2008}}</ref> – and one of its most noted composers, [[Benjamin Britten]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/audiointerviews/profilepages/brittenb2.shtml |title=Interviews: Benjamin Britten 1913 – 1976 |publisher=BBC Four |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070128154058/http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/audiointerviews/profilepages/brittenb2.shtml |archive-date=28 January 2007 |access-date=30 October 2008}}</ref> Other artistic figures connected with Suffolk include: [[Sir Alfred Munnings]], [[John Nash (artist)|John Nash]], sculptor [[Dame Elizabeth Frink]], [[Cedric Morris]] who ran the [[East Anglian School of Painting and Drawing|East Anglian School]], [[Philip Wilson Steer]], and the cartoonist [[Carl Giles]] (a bronze statue of his character "Grandma" is located in Ipswich town centre); the poets [[George Crabbe]]<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Crabbe |title=George Crabbe {{!}} English poet |access-date=15 March 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623115102/https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Crabbe |archive-date=23 June 2018 |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica}}</ref> and [[Robert Bloomfield]] were both born in Suffolk;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/world/readfile?fk_files=89429&pageno=37 |title=A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature |last=Cousin |first=John W. |publisher=Project Gutenberg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904020820/http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/world/readfile?fk_files=89429&pageno=37 |archive-date=4 September 2015 |access-date=30 October 2008}}</ref> farmer and writer [[Adrian Bell]], writer and [[literary editor]] [[Ronald Blythe]], [[V. S. Pritchett]], the authors Ralph [[Hammond Innes]] and [[Ruth Rendell]] all lived in the county.

The writer [[M. M. Kaye]] spent her last years in Suffolk and died in [[Lavenham]]. Actors [[Ralph Fiennes]],<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ralph-Fiennes |title=Ralph Fiennes {{!}} Biography & Credits |access-date=15 March 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315200603/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ralph-Fiennes |archive-date=15 March 2018 |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica}}</ref> [[Bob Hoskins]] and [[Sam Claflin]], actress and singer [[Kerry Ellis]], musician and record producer [[Brian Eno]],<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Brian-Eno |title=Brian Eno on British musician and producer |access-date=15 March 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315200937/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Brian-Eno |archive-date=15 March 2018 |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica}}</ref> multi-award winning singer-songwriter [[Ed Sheeran]], bassist in the band [[Keane (band)|Keane]] [[Jesse Quin]] and sopranos [[Laura Wright (singer)|Laura Wright]] and [[Christina Johnston]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hirst |first=Andrew |date=2014-05-01 |title=Framlingham/Prague: Former Suffolk schoolgirl Christina Johnston described as an "angel" as she sings for European leaders |url=https://www.eadt.co.uk/things-to-do/framlingham-prague-former-suffolk-schoolgirl-christina-johnston-described-as-an-2140578 |access-date=2022-02-21 |publisher=East Anglian Daily Times |archive-date=10 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710164450/http://www.eadt.co.uk/what-s-on/framlingham-prague-former-suffolk-schoolgirl-christina-johnston-described-as-an-angel-as-she-sings-for-european-leaders-1-3580796 |url-status=live }}</ref> are all connected with the county. [[Glam rock]] band and three time [[Brit Award]] winners [[The Darkness (band)|the Darkness]] hail from Lowestoft.

[[Hip hop music|Hip hop]] DJ [[Tim Westwood]] is originally from Suffolk and the influential DJ and radio presenter [[John Peel]] made the county his home.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lusher |first=Adam |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1532070/John-Peel-leaves-his-wife-andpound1.5m,-oh,-and-25,000-records.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120914001126/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1532070/John-Peel-leaves-his-wife-andpound1.5m,-oh,-and-25,000-records.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 September 2012 |title=John Peel leaves his wife £1.5m, oh, and 25,000 records |date=21 October 2006 |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=14 November 2008}}</ref> Contemporary painter [[Maggi Hambling]], was born and resides in Suffolk. [[Norah Lofts]], author of best-selling historical novels, lived for decades in Bury St. Edmunds. [[Peter Hall (director)|Sir Peter Hall]] the founder of the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] was born in Bury St. Edmunds, and [[Sir Trevor Nunn]] the theatre director was born in Ipswich. The actor [[Sir John Mills]] spent periods of his youth in the county. The designer [[David Hicks (British designer)|David Hicks]] lived for a number of years in Suffolk. Model [[Claudia Schiffer]] and her husband, the film director [[Matthew Vaughn]], have owned a house in Suffolk since 2002.

Suffolk's contributions to sport include former [[Formula One]] magnate [[Bernie Ecclestone]] and former [[England national football team|England national team]] footballers [[Terry Butcher]], [[Kieron Dyer]] and [[Matthew Upson]]. Due to Newmarket being the centre of British [[horse racing]] many jockeys have settled in the county, including [[Lester Piggott]] and [[Frankie Dettori]]. [[MMA]] fighter [[Arnold Allen]] was born in Suffolk. [[Fabio Wardley]] English heavyweight champion is also from Suffolk.

Significant ecclesiastical figures from Suffolk include [[Simon Sudbury]], a former [[archbishop of Canterbury]];<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Simon-of-Sudbury |title=Simon Of Sudbury: English archbishop |access-date=15 March 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315201342/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Simon-of-Sudbury |archive-date=15 March 2018 |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica}}</ref> former [[Lord Chancellor]] [[Thomas Wolsey]] hailed from Ipswich;<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-Cardinal-Wolsey |title=Thomas, Cardinal Wolsey {{!}} English cardinal and statesman |access-date=15 March 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214145739/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-Cardinal-Wolsey |archive-date=14 February 2018 |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica}}</ref> and author, poet and Benedictine monk [[John Lydgate]].<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Lydgate |title=John Lydgate: English writer |access-date=15 March 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408135651/https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Lydgate |archive-date=8 April 2018 |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica}}</ref> [[Richard Hakluyt]] the great recorder of exploration and voyages was a clergyman in [[Wetheringsett-cum-Brockford|Wetheringsett]]. [[Edward FitzGerald (poet)|Edward FitzGerald]], the first translator of the [[Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam]], was born in [[Bredfield]]. The [[Abolitionism|abolitionists]] [[Thomas Clarkson]] and [[Richard Dykes Alexander]] both lived near Ipswich. The [[agriculturist]] [[Arthur Young (agriculturist)|Arthur Young]] had a long-standing association with the county.

Other significant persons from Suffolk include the great [[Landscape architecture|landscape designer]] [[Humphry Repton]], [[suffragette]] [[Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett]];<ref>{{Cite news |last=Russell |first=Steve |url=http://www.eadt.co.uk/ea-life/how-suffolk-businessman-s-daughter-helped-change-the-course-of-history-1-5354849 |title=Women's Week: Millicent Fawcett – a Suffolk campaigner who helped change history for UK women |work=East Anglian Daily Times |access-date=15 March 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316031526/http://www.eadt.co.uk/ea-life/how-suffolk-businessman-s-daughter-helped-change-the-course-of-history-1-5354849 |archive-date=16 March 2018}}</ref> the captain of ''[[HMS Beagle]]'', [[Robert FitzRoy]];<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hmsbeagleproject.org/timeline/robert-fitzroy-born-suffolk/ |title=ROBERT FITZROY BORN IN SUFFOLK · The HMS BEAGLE PROJECT |last=Trust |first=HMS Beagle |website=hmsbeagleproject.org |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180302203004/http://www.hmsbeagleproject.org/timeline/robert-fitzroy-born-suffolk/ |archive-date=2 March 2018 |access-date=15 March 2018}}</ref> Witch-finder General [[Matthew Hopkins]];<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Matthew-Hopkins |title=Matthew Hopkins: English witch-hunter |access-date=15 March 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315201308/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Matthew-Hopkins |archive-date=15 March 2018 |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica}}</ref> educationist [[Hugh Catchpole]];<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/827620 |title=Hugh Catchpole: An institution unto himself |date=20 September 2008 |work=Dawn |location=Pakistan |access-date=11 March 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311142545/https://www.dawn.com/news/827620 |archive-date=11 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cch.edu.pk/about-us/2013-10-12-02-45-19/founder-principal.html |title=Hugh Catchpole: Founder Principal |publisher=cch.edu.pk |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311140756/http://www.cch.edu.pk/about-us/2013-10-12-02-45-19/founder-principal.html |archive-date=11 March 2018 |access-date=11 March 2018}}</ref> and Britain's first female physician and mayor, [[Elizabeth Garrett Anderson]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Havard |first=Lucy |url=http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/suffolk-s-elizabeth-garrett-anderson-changed-the-course-of-women-in-medicine-1-5362737 |title=Women's Week: Suffolk's Elizabeth Garrett Anderson changed the course of women in medicine |publisher=East Anglian Daily Times |access-date=15 March 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316030020/http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/suffolk-s-elizabeth-garrett-anderson-changed-the-course-of-women-in-medicine-1-5362737 |archive-date=16 March 2018}}</ref> The [[tuberculosis]] treatment pioneer [[Jane Harriet Walker|Jane Walker]] ran the East Anglian Sanatorium above the banks of the [[River Stour, Suffolk|River Stour]], and charity leader [[Sue Ryder]] settled in Suffolk and based her charity in [[Cavendish, Suffolk|Cavendish]].

The popular Victorian novelist [[Henry Seton Merriman]] lived and died in the village of [[Melton, Suffolk|Melton]]. Between 1932 and 1939 [[George Orwell]] lived at his parents' home in the coastal town of Southwold, where a mural of the author now dominates the entrance to Southwold Pier.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-44197314 |title=George Orwell's Southwold home gets fresh plaque |publisher=BBC Suffolk |access-date=15 October 2020 |archive-date=26 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126000830/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-44197314 |url-status=live }}</ref> He is said to have chosen his pen name from Suffolk's [[River Orwell]]. [[Arthur Ransome]] lived alongside the river during the 1930s, sailing his boats from [[Pin Mill]] and along the [[Shotley Peninsula]]. The county was also home to [[wild swimming|wild swimmer]] and environmentalist [[Roger Deakin]].