Editing Eye, Suffolk (section)

==Notable residents==
In birth order:
* [[Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington]]  (1674–1743) [[Eye (UK Parliament constituency)|MP for Eye]], [[Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)|Speaker of the House of Commons]] from 1715 to 1727, went on to become the second [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] from 1742 to 1743 after [[Robert Walpole]]. 
* Rear-Admiral Sir [[Charles Cunningham]]  (1755–1834) saw action in the [[American War of Independence]] and the [[French Revolutionary]] and [[Napoleonic Wars]]. 
* [[Sir Edward Kerrison, 1st Baronet|Sir Edward Kerrison]] (1776–1853) [[Eye (UK Parliament constituency)|MP for Eye]] and [[British Army officers|British army officers]], saw action during the [[Battle of Waterloo]]. 
* [[Concordia Merrel]] (1886–1962), actor and writer, lived and died in Eye.
* Sir [[Frederick Ashton]] (1904–1988), [[ballet dancer]] and [[Choreography|Choreographer]] with [[The Royal Ballet]], lived at Chandos Lodge in Eye, behind a local landmark known as the Crinkle Crackle Wall. He also lived in [[Yaxley, Suffolk|Yaxley]], where he is buried alongside his sister.
* [[Cavendish Morton (artist)|Cavendish Morton]] (1911–2015), artist, lived in Eye and was art therapist to Hartismere Hospital. He twice become Town Mayor. He exhibited from Stanley House in Eye, in 1977, two pictures: ''Waves-Aldeburgh'' and ''Breakers-Aldeburgh''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://suffolkartists.co.uk/index.cgi?choice=painter&pid=774#:~:text=Morton%20was%20art%20therapist%20to,several%20running%20at%20Le%20Mans. | title=Suffolk Artists - MORTON, Cavendish }}</ref>
* [[Janet Frame]] (1924–2004), [[New Zealand]] author, rented a cottage at nearby [[Braiseworth]] for a period in 1963–1964, where she began a novel, ''An Adaptable Man'', set in the local area. Eye is fictionalised as "Murston". 
* [[Helen Fraser (actress)|Helen Fraser]] (born 1942), actress, lives in Eye.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eadt.co.uk/what-s-on/bad-girl-helen-fraser-s-journey-back-to-the-beginning-of-a-dramatic-career-1-2213280|title=Bad Girl Helen Fraser's journey back to the beginning of a dramatic career|first=Andrew|last=Clarke|date=28 May 2013 |publisher=|accessdate=9 June 2022}}</ref>
* [[Brian Capron]] (born 1947), actor, was born in Eye.
* [[Matthew Upson]] (born 1979), professional footballer, was born in Eye.
* [[Stuart O'Keefe]] (born 1991), professional footballer, was born in Eye.