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
  1. "The Descendants of un-named Alexander" (PDF). Pennyghael. Kinloch Hotel. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  2. "Photographic copies of paintings of Goldrood, Ipswich". Discovery. The National Archive. undefined NaN. Retrieved 17 March 2020. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. 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.
  4. "Deaths" (12 Month 1848). Edward Grubb. The British Friend. 1848.


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