Unfortunately the Duke of Bridgewater died a few days before the first sailing, and nothing came of this order.

A descendant of his, the Duke of Bridgewater, demolished the old buildings in the 1760s.

He was a shareholder in the company and related to the Duke of Bridgewater.

The town and its principal village were named after the Duke of Bridgewater.

By 1800 he was agent to the Duke of Bridgewater.

The Duke of Bridgewater died on 8 March 1803.

The political life of the town was controlled by the Dukes of Bridgewater.

When the Duke of Bridgewater died in 1803 he left his coal mining and canal businesses to be run by a Trust.

He later moved to London, where he was employed by the Duke of Bridgewater.

The Duke of Bridgewater was the biggest landowner in 1786, owning over half the land.