people from derbyshire
William Mundy (Markeaton)
1801 births | 1877 deaths | people from derbyshireWilliam Mundy 1801 – 1877 was the son of Francis Mundy a member of parliament for Derby. He was a Justice of the peace and an MP too. In 1843 he was the High Sheriff of Derbyshire.
John Port (the younger)
1557 deaths | people from derbyshire Sir John Port, the younger, (d. 1557), Knight of the Bath, was educated at Brasenose. He founded Repton School, a hospital at Etwall and also has a secondary school named after him.
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2Richard Howitt (poet)
1799 births | 1869 deaths | english poets | people from derbyshireRichard Howitt (1799-1869), poet, born at Heanor in Derbyshire in 1799, was the son of Thomas Howitt and Phoebe Tantum. William Howitt, the writer, was his brother and Mary Howitt was William's wife. He spent his earlier years as a pharmacist in Nottingham, at first in partnership with his brother William, but finally on his own account.
Samuel Pegge (the younger)
1733 births | 1800 deaths | people from derbyshireSamuel Pegge (1733-1800) was an aniquarian and lexigrapher. He was the son of Samuel Pegge and their work is frequently intertwined. The Samuel Pegge lexicographical manuscripts - June 2006 Kings College Manuscripts by Katie Sambrook. Accessed 26 September 2007
Samuel Pegge
1704 births | 1796 deaths | people from derbyshireSamuel Pegge the elder (1704-1796) was an antiquary, born on 5 November 1704 at Chesterfield, Derbyshire. He was the son of Christopher Pegge and his wife Gertrude, daughter of Francis Stephenson of Unstone, near Chesterfield. Christopher Pegge (d. 1723) belonged to a family that had lived for several generations at Osmaston, near Ashbourne, Derbyshire, was a woollen dealer in Derby and later a lead merchant in Chesterfield. Samuel's father was mayor of Chesterfield three times.Dictionary of National Biography (1886) accessed online September 2007
