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Peter Armstrong Whittle|1789|1866| Peter Armstrong Whittle (born 1789 died 1866), Lancashire antiquary, was born at Inglewhite in the parish of Goosnargh, Lancashire, on 9 July 1789, and was educated at the grammar schools of Goosnargh, Walton-le-Dale, and Preston. He began business as a bookseller and printer at Preston in 1810, and became an active contributor to various journals. He was intelligent but ill-educated, and his works, though not without value, abound in errors. He styled himself F.S.A., but was not a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. In 1858 Lord Derby, as prime minister, gave him a pension of £50 a year for literary services. After giving up business in 1851, he lived at Bolton for some years, and then moved to Mount Vernon, Liverpool. Whittle, who was a Roman catholic, died on 7 January 1866. He married, in October 1827, Matilda Henrietta Armstrong, and had two sons: Robert Claudius, author of 'The Wayfarer in Lancashire', and Henry Armstrong. He was the author of the following local histories: 1. 'A Topographical Account, etc., of Preston', 1821; volume ii. 1837, duodecimo (the first volume was published under the pseudonym of 'Marmaduke Tulket'). 2. 'Marina; or an Historical and Descriptive Account of Southport, Lytham, and Blackpool', Preston, 1831, octavo (anon.). 3. 'Architectural Description of St. Ignatius's Church, Preston', 1833. 4. 'Description of St. Mary's Cistercian Church at Penwortham', octavo. 5. 'Historical Notices of Hoghton Tower', 1845. 6. 'An Account of St. Marie's Chapel at Fernyhalgh', 1851, octavo. 7. 'Blackburn as it is', 1852. 8. 'Bolton-le-Moors and the Townships in the Parish', Bolton, 1855, octavo.

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