Banks; Sir; Joseph (1743-1820); 1st Baronet; English explorer, naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences; President of the Royal Society ;advised King George III on the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and by sending botanists around the world to collect plants, made Kew the world's leading botanical gardens. Resided at Overton Hall, Ashover.
Brown; Lancelot (1716-1783); Landscape gardener; redesigned Chatsworth park and gardens in 1760.
Loudon; John Claudius (1783-1843); Scottish botanist, garden designer and author. Designed Derby Arboretum.
Paxton; Sir; Joseph (1803-1865); English gardener, architect and Member of Parliament, best known for designing The Crystal Palace; also designed gardens and glasshouses at Chatsworth.
Horace John Rylands (1886-1961) of Bakewell, First World War soldier