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Sir Josiah John Guest, 1st Baronet (2 February 1785 – 26 November 1852), known as John Josiah Guest, was a British engineer, entrepreneur and politician.
John Guest. John Guest (1722–1785 or 25 November 1787) was a brewer, farmer, and coal merchant in Broseley, Shropshire. He collaborated with Isaac Wilkinson in starting the Plymouth Ironworks in 1763 and there came to the attention of Thomas Lewis and the other Dowlais partners.
Josiah John Guest was born at Dowlais, nine months before the death of his grandfather, the pioneer, namely 2 February 1785. He was educated at Bridgnorth and Monmouth grammar schools. He became thoroughly conversant with the details of the manufacture of iron, and alive to the improvement to be introduced by a proper application of chemical ...
John Josiah Guest died in 1852, having become sole owner in 1851, and was buried at St. John's church in Dowlais. Guest named Clark, his widow Lady Charlotte Guest and Edward Divett as executors and trustees .
(John) Josiah Guest (1785-1852), 1st Baronet, was a Welsh engineer and entrepreneur and head of Dowlais Ironworks, a predecessor of GKN. 1785 February 2nd. Born in Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, on 2 February 1785, the eldest child of Thomas Guest, manager and part owner of the Dowlais Ironworks, and
26 de nov. de 2016 · When he died on 26 November 1852 an estimated 20,000 gathered for the funeral in Dowlais and The Times attributed to his foresight much of the wealth and prosperity of mid-nineteenth century Britain. Sir Josiah John Guest’s Tomb at St John’s Church, Dowlais.
1767 John Guest of Broseley was appointed manager of the works. He discovered coal on Lewis's property and used it to replace charcoal for smelting. 1780 First exports of iron bars from Dowlais to America. 1781 Second blast furnace erected.
