Founded the Wapping soap and candle works in 1817. Quaker birth, later churchwarden. Will proved 3 May 1864 by William, John Burgess, Edwin and Ambrose. Estate under £35,000. £100 to daughter Phoebe Doyle (KK-0096); annuity to wife Phoebe. The royal warrant is the company’s, about 1903 — after his death.
