Dykes Alexander (junior)
Dykes Alexander was a banker and Quaker minister in Ipswich, Suffolk.
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.
Dykes Alexander was the first chairman of the Ipswich Gas Company.
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. Already 17 November there was concern that these may prove fatal. He died on 27 February 1849.
