Silas M. Burroughs (pharmacist)

[2] In India, Australia and New Zealand he made important contacts and laid the foundations for future trade in those countries.

The purchase of the Dartford building was one of a number of issues that caused friction between the partners, their close friendship deteriorated and in 1889 Burroughs unsuccessfully tried to dissolve the partnership.

[4] Burroughs was a visionary employer, supporting the eight-hour working day, profit-sharing, and numerous social and radical political movements including free travel, Irish Home Rule and world peace.

He died in Monte Carlo, aged 49 leaving his wife, Olive, and three children, Anna, Frances and Stanley.

Burroughs' widow Olive tried to retain an interest in the firm however Wellcome exercised his right to buy the share outright.