Surname: Peddie Forename(s): Robert d. 1866. Nationality: Scottish.
Chartist poet and stay (corset) maker. From Edinburgh. Served three years’ hard labour
(1840-1843) for his part in the Bradford Chartist insurrection, when he wrote poems
that later appeared in his volume The Dungeon Harp (1844). Biographical information: Goodridge. (AC)