Ebenezer Goddard

[1] In his capacity as mayor he laid the foundation stone for the current Ipswich Town Hall on 18 April 1866.

[3] His father joined the committee of the Ipswich Gas Company in 1826, and subsequently became secretary and engineer of this organisation.

However, when his fellow workers complained that his apprenticeship was not appropriate for the work involved – and threatened a strike unless he was dismissed, he was transferred to their locomotive repair workshop in Maidenhead.

[4] After expanding his experience there, he then moved to Maudslay, Sons and Field, where it was planned he would run a piece of machinery being sold to the Turkish government to be used to print banknotes in their mint at the beginning of the Tanzimât Era.

[8] His son Daniel Ford Goddard succeeded him as Secretary and Engineer of the Ipswich Gas Company and pursued a successful career as a politician.