William Hunt
William Hunt had worked for the British Alkali Works at Stoke Prior (of William Gossage).
1841 William Hunt 30, worker of chemistry, lived in Dodderhill with Mariah Hunt 30, William Hunt 10, Hanah Hunt 5, Edwin Hunt 3, Mariah Hunt 1[1]
1851 William Hunt 43, soda maker, lived in Stoke Priors, with Maria Hunt 43, Susanna Hunt 16, Edwin Hunt 14, assistant to his father, James Hunt 8, Rubin Hunt 4, Thomas Hunt 2[2]
1851 Following Gossage's establishment of business at Widnes, Hunt set up his own alkali and sulphuric acid works at Wednesbury - W. Hunt and Sons of Wednesbury[3]
1860 of Wednesbury
1863 Hunt (or perhaps his son William Junior) established alkali manufacture at the Aire and Calder Chemical Works, at Castleford in Yorkshire.