Person DS/UK/4149 Hardcastle; Lucy (1771-1834); botanist Hardcastle Lucy Female botanist 1771-1834 Derby Lucy was born in 1771 and baptised as the daughter of Lucy and William Swift. Although there have been some suggestions that her father was actually Erasmus Darwin, who took charge of her education, there is no evidence to support this claim. Lucy married John Hardcastle (c1766-1812) in Derby in 1792, with whom she had a daughter, Mary. Lucy Hardcastle lived on Ashbourne Road, in Derby where she also ran a school for girls. An accomplished botanist, she assisted Stephen Glover with the botanical sections of his 'History of Derbyshire', published in 1829. In 1830 she published 'An Introduction to the Elements of the Linnaean System of Botany' in 1830. She died in Derby in 1834. 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 Derbyshire Record Office Collections Manual Section 7 v5.1 (May 2020) Complete Yes DERBYSHIRE\71010800 21/01/2022 DERBYSHIRE\a7005277 02/02/2022 247561ad-df44-4e9c-90ce-e4e1bd97f339