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Entry Type	Person
Surname	Nightingale
Forenames	Peter
Place	Lea
Epithet	of Lea; lead merchant and landowner
Dates	1736-1803
Gender Identity	Male
Biography	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.
Family Tree	Great uncle of Florence Nightingale See also Anne Nightingale, George Evans, William Edward Shore-Nightingale, James Sweetenham
Authorised Form of Name	Nightingale; Peter (1736-1803); of Lea; lead merchant and landowner

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