HESKETH-FLEET WOOD

Sir Peter , 1 Baronet ( 3 son of Robert Hesketh of Ro all, Lancs. 1764–1824 ). b. Wennington hall near Lancaster 9 May 1801; ed. at Trin. coll. Ox., B.A. 1823, M.A. 1826; sheriff of Lancashire 1830; a umed by r.l. additional name of Fleet wood, March 1831; M.P. for Preston 10 Dec. 1832 to July 1847; cr. a Baronet 20 July 1838; projected and commenced building town of Fleet wood, Lancashire on his estate at Ro all at mouth of river Wyre 1836; published a translation of Victor Hugo’s Last days of a condemned , to which he prefixed Observations on capital punishment 1840. d. 127 Piccadilly, London 12 April 1866. G.M. i , 908 (1866); I.L.N. xlviii , 426 (1866); Herald and genealogist, iv , 371 (1866–7).