Evelyn family

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  • Chemical production Explosives & fuses production

Notes:

John Evelyn established the first gunpowder mills 'of any importance' in England at Long Ditton, Surrey. He also had mills at Godstone, Surrey. The Evelyn family is said to have brought the expertise for gunpowder production to England from Flanders. Greatly benefitted from the grant of a monopoly for gunpowder production and from associated contracts to supply the Crown in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. The supply contract was finally lost by the Evelyn family in 1636

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