Samuel Alexander (banker)

Samuel Alexander (16 June 1773 Needham Market - 3 May 1838, Ipswich) was prominent banker based in Ipswich, Suffolk.

[1] He was the son of Samuel Alexander (1749-1824) and Elizabeth Gurney (1747-1786), of the Gurney quaker banking family of Norwich.

Samuel was active in local politics in Ipswich.

He was an Alderman with Ipswich Corporation.

[2] His funeral was attended by his relative, Elizabeth Fry (née Gurney), and involved a procession as described in the Suffolk Chronicle: