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 Dykes Alexander (senior) 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 St Mary Stoke, Ipswich in 1808, but sold this to his cousin Samuel Alexander 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.

Family

Dykes and Hannah Alexander had seven children including:[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "The Descendants of un-named Alexander" (PDF). Pennyghael. Kinloch Hotel. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Dykes Alexander junior". Legacies of British Slavery. University College London. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Photographic copies of paintings of Goldrood, Ipswich". Discovery. The National Archive. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Deaths". No. 12 Month 1848. Edward Grubb. The British Friend. 1848.
  6. ^ Peter Cave, ed. (1993). Peckovers of Wisbech. National Trust. p. 1.


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