JOSIAS CHRISTOPHER GAMBLE 49 



Dublin solicitor, to whom were born one son 

 and three daughters ; the daughters are all 

 deceased, one died in Dublin, the other two 

 in St. Helens. Mrs. Gamble only survived 

 her husband five years, and on the i6th 

 December, 1852, died at the residence of her 

 brother, John Gower, of Round wood Park, 

 County Wicklow. 



During Gamble's residence in Dublin he 

 was acquainted with James Muspratt, who 

 had, in partnership with a Mr. Abbot, also 

 commenced the manufacture of chemicals in 

 that city. In 1822, Muspratt, having 

 perceived that Dublin was less favourably 

 situated for his business than Lancashire, left 

 Ireland and came to England. In the year 

 that the Salt Tax was repealed, 1823, he 

 started his works in Liverpool ; five years 

 afterwards, Gamble also came to England, 

 leaving Dublin and coming to reside in 

 Liverpool in the year 1828. Several months 

 elapsed before he could make up his mind as 

 to which was the best locality and site for an 

 alkali works ; for a time he was inclined to 

 select a plot of land at the head of the 

 Birkenhead Float, where a copper ore yard 

 in now situated ; his idea was that the brine 

 should be conveyed thither by pipes from 



