John Thornton Peacock
By 1828, Kitchen & Peacock was active as a factor and button maker at Fargate. The partners were Richard Kitchen (who had been listed alone in 1825) and John Thornton Peacock (1800-1864). The latter had been born in Sheffield, the son of John (a cutler) and Hannah, and baptised on New Year’s Day in 1801. The partners ended their arrangement in 1830. Richard Kitchen later became a busk manufacturer and died on 23 April 1859, aged 72. In 1833, John T. Peacock was listed as a mercha....
