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