Person Nightingale; Peter (1736-1803); of Lea; lead merchant and landowner DS/UK/1904 Nightingale Peter 1736-1803 of Lea; lead merchant and landowner Male Lea Founded a textile mill at Lea, which he later sold to John Smedley, and at Cromford, sold to Richard Arkwright Industrialist, entrepreneur, and founder of Lea Mills. Born in Wirksworth and benefiting from family interests in lead Peter had links with the Cromford Canal development and a one time business partnership with Richard Arkwright. He was great uncle of Florence Nightingale. Although never married he had illegitimate children one of whom, Mary Browne married James Swettenham, gentleman of Wirksworth. Peter was buried in Ashover.

Great uncle of Florence Nightingale See also Anne Nightingale, George Evans, William Edward Shore-Nightingale, James Sweetenham DS/UK/826 DS/UK/316 Yes International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 A7003503 16/02/2016 DERBYSHIRE\a7005277 20/03/2024 be9970c0-8a2f-47f9-99a6-6149d5083a12