Surname: Fleetwood Forename(s): Peter Hesketh b. 9 May 1801. d. 12 April 1866. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Baronet, politician, poet, translator. Born in Lancaster, Lancashire. Educated at
Trinity College, Oxford. Married twice: (Eliza) Debonnaire Metcalfe in 1826 and Virginie
Marie Garcia in 1837. Appointed high sheriff of Lancashire in 1830. MP for Preson
(1832-1847). Established the town of Fleetwood on his estate in Fylde, Lancashire,
for the new railway. Biographical information: ODNB. (AC)