Distiller and wine maker. Born ca. 1783, and baptised 29 January 1784 at Freiston, Lincolnshire, son of the first Bennett Pell and his second wife, Catherine Haworth. Died aged 65 at his house Wandle Grove, Mitcham, Surrey, 25 August 1848. His will mentions a wife named Eliza and she is in the 1841 census with him at Finsbury Place, London, but I can find no other evidence of her. Buried at the Norwood Cemetery, Lambeth, 2 September 1848.
A partner in Bishop and Pell of Ropemaker Street in London, until it was dissolved in June 1848.aLondon Gazette, June 2 1848
May 3rd, Messrs Bishop and Pell’s Distillery, Ropemaker-street, Finsbury, took fire accidentally, and was considerably damaged, both stock and building. Three other buildings were slightly damaged.bLondon Fires in 1839
The Original Green Ginger Wine was manufactured by Bishop and Pell at the Finsbury Distillery and retailed by Stones under an early ‘own label’ arrangement. In the late 1980s production in Britain stood at 500,000 gallons a year.cLiquid Pleasures: A Social History of Drinks in Modern Britain
An 1838 advertisement for Bishop[ and Pell’s wares
References
| a. | ↑ | London Gazette, June 2 1848 |
| b. | ↑ | London Fires in 1839 |
| c. | ↑ | Liquid Pleasures: A Social History of Drinks in Modern Britain |