On 17th of March 1845, welsh born Bristol baker Henry Jones, patented his invention – self raising flour.
Self raising flour was a huge success and Henry was appointed purveyor of patent flour and biscuits to Queen Victoria. The Royal Navy, however, resisted the use of self raising flour and sailors continued to endure ‘hard tack’ biscuits.
Ten years later it was the intervention of Florence Nightingale and others in the medical profession who had Jones’ self raising flour approved for use of combatants in the Crimean War in 1855.
In 1864, at the age of 52, he retired from active participation in business, and went to live at The Court House, Caldicot, Wales. He died on 12 July 1891, and lies buried in the churchyard of St Mary’s, Caldicot.
You can find out more about Henry Jones here: Henry Jones: The Inventor of Self-Raising Flour
And here’s something to use that self raising flour in:
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