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Isaac Reckitt. Isaac Reckitt (1792–1862) was the founder of Reckitt and Sons, a business that emerged to become Reckitt, one of the United Kingdom 's largest consumer goods businesses.
Feb 11, 2021 · Isaac Reckitt was born in 1792 and grew up in a Quaker family. In 1819, Isaac and his brother Thomas – renowned entrepreneurs – established a corn mill business in their home county of Lincolnshire. When they moved to Hull, East Yorkshire in 1840, they set up Reckitt & Sons with just a team of 25.
Isaac Reckitt starts a business. After moving to Hull, Isaac Reckitt buys Middleton’s starch business and leases a mill in Starch House Lane, employing about 25 people. During the company’s first few years, it makes and sells one product: Reckitt’s Soluble Starch.
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Thomas and Isaac Reckitt build the Maud Foster mill. 1823. Benckiser founded in Germany as an industrial chemicals business, by Johann A. Benckiser. 1840. Reckitt & Sons founded in Hull. 1938. Reckitt & Sons merges with J & J Colman to become Reckitt & Colman.
Reckitt and Sons was a leading British manufacturer of household products, notably starch, black lead, laundry blue, and household polish, and based in Kingston upon Hull . Isaac Reckitt began business in Hull in 1840, and his business became a private company "Isaac Reckitt and Sons" in 1879, and a public company in 1888.
Mar 28, 2022 · In 1792, a man called Isaac Reckitt was born. He and his Quaker family lived in the Boston area of Lincolnshire. Isaac married a lady called Ann in 1840. A short while after their wedding, they decided to move to Kingston Upon Hull. On the 1st of October during the same year that they moved, Isaac opened a Starch Works.
Reference. GB 50 U DRA/618-629. Dates of Creation. 1818-1855. Physical Description. 12 items. Scope and Content. This important small collection records the early nineteenth century milling business of Isaac Reckitt, founder of Reckitt & Sons in Hull in 1840.
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