Dykes Alexander (junior)
Dykes Alexander (14 July 1763, Needham Market – 27 February 1849, Ipswich) was a banker and Quaker minister in Ipswich, Suffolk.[1]
He was the son of and Martha Biddle. He married Hannah Brewster, the daughter of Richard Brewster and Catherine Peckover on the 5 July 1786.[2]
He bought some land in , Ipswich in 1808, but sold this to his cousin in 1809. Samuel built Goldrood House there, wherein Dykes subsequently lived.[3][1]
Dykes Alexander was the first chairman of the Ipswich Gas Company.[4]
On 2 November 1848, whilst visiting Thomas Fox in Rushmere, Ipswich, when he mistook a door to the cellar for the door to the drawing room. He fell down the stone staircase and sustained serious injuries.[5] Already by 17 November there was concern that these may prove fatal. He died on 27 February 1849.
References[]
- ^ a b "The Descendants of un-named Alexander" (PDF). Pennyghael. Kinloch Hotel. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "Dykes Alexander junior". Legacies of British Slavery. University College London. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ "Photographic copies of paintings of Goldrood, Ipswich". Discovery. The National Archive. undefined NaN. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Norman, John Norman (2017). "Ipswich Icons – When gas was unmetered and instead families had a set cut off time". Ipswich Star. No. 12 March 2017. Archant Media Company.
- ^ "Deaths". No. 12 Month 1848. Edward Grubb. The British Friend. 1848.
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