Some background information on the individuals mentioned in regard to the original ownership and later operation.

W.E.Nightingale (1794 - 1874)

• William Edward Nightingale (nee Shore)
• father of Florence Nightingale
• changed name from Shore to Nightingale after inheritance of great-uncle Peter Nightingale’s estate
• Purchased the Manor of Pleasley in 1823/24
• leased mineral rights at Pleasley Manor to Stanton Iron Works in Sept. 1872
• died Jan 10th 1874 after slipping on stairs whilst going to fetch his watch

(see also Sir Harry Verney (1801 - 1894) who married Frances Parthenon Nightingale)

John Gilbert Crompton  (1819 -1913)

• of  Flower Lillies, Windley, Amber Valley, Derbyshire
• elder son of Gilbert Crompton
• partner in bank of Messrs Crompton, Newton & Co.
• partner in Stanton Iron Co.

George Crompton (Oct 13, 1823 - Nov 14, 1897)

• of Chesterfield / Derby
• younger son of Gilbert Crompton
• partner in bank of Messrs Crompton, Newton & Co.
• director of Crompton & Evans Union Bank
• partner in Stanton Iron Co.
• managing director of Stanton Ironworks Co. Ltd

Charles Edward Newton

• partner in bank of Messrs Crompton, Newton & Co.
• partner in Stanton Iron Co.

John Thomas Barber

• partner in Stanton Iron Co

John Alfred Longden

• collieries agent
• mining engineer
• managing director of Stanton Ironworks Co. Ltd
• president of Chesterfield and Midland Counties Institution of Engineers