Biographical entry Felton, Alfred (1831 - 1904)

Summary

Alfred Felton was a very successful businessman during the 1800s. He co-founded numerous businesses with F.S. Grimwade including Felton, Grimwade and Co., Melbourne Glass Bottle Works, an acid works, Adelaide Chemical Works Co. and J. Bosisto & Co. The Adelaide Chemical Works Co. was the only one of their business ventures that failed. Felton was also a philanthropist and set up trust funds worth hundreds of thousands of pounds to be administered by the Felton Bequests' Committee. The money was for Melbourne charities and for the Melbourne National Art Gallery.

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Events

1853

Life event - Migrated to Australia (Victoria)

1857 - 1861

Career position - Commission Agent and general dealer in Victoria

1861

Career position - Wholesale druggist in Swanston Street

1867

Career position - Established Felton, Grimwade and Co. wholesale drug house

1872

Career position - Established the Melbourne Glass Bottle Works and an acid works

1882

Career position - Established the Adelaide Chemical Works Co.

1885

Career position - Established J. Bosisto & Co.

1897

Career position - Merger of the acid works with Cuming Smith & Co.

Related entries

Archival resources

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited

• Alfred Felton - Records; Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited. Details

The University of Melbourne Archives

• Alfred Felton - Records; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Poynter, J. R., 'Felton, Alfred (1831-1904)', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 4, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1972, p. 162. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040171b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Felton, Alfred', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1464232. Details

See also

• Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=P000047. Details