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 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.[2][1]
Dykes Alexander was the first chairman of the Ipswich Gas Company.[3]
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.[4] Already by 17 November there was concern that these may prove fatal. He died on 27 February 1849.
References
- "The Descendants of un-named Alexander" (PDF). Pennyghael. Kinloch Hotel. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- "Photographic copies of paintings of Goldrood, Ipswich". Discovery. The National Archive. undefined NaN. Retrieved 17 March 2020. Check date values in:
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(help) - Norman, John Norman (2017). "Ipswich Icons – When gas was unmetered and instead families had a set cut off time". Ipswich Star (12 March 2017). Archant Media Company.
- "Deaths" (12 Month 1848). Edward Grubb. The British Friend. 1848.
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