Samuel Pegge | |
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Born | 5 November 1704[1] Chesterfield, Derbyshire |
Died | 14 February 1796 | (aged 91)
Education | Chesterfield |
Occupation(s) | Vicar and Antiquarian |
Spouse | Anne Clarke |
Children | three |
Parent(s) | Christopher and Gertrude Pegge |
Samuel Pegge "the Elder" (5 November 1704 – 14 February 1796) was an English antiquary and clergyman.
Born at Chesterfield, Derbyshire, he was the son of Christopher Pegge[2] and his wife Gertrude, daughter of Francis Stephenson of Unstone, near Chesterfield. Christopher Pegge (died 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.[3] Samuel published an important study on the Roman roads of Derbyshire as well as notes which his son, also Samuel, continued on the subject of Derbyshire words and phrases.[4]