Stephen Pegler
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Stephen Pegler (1852–1937) was a British industrialist and pioneer in the rubber industry, as well as a photographer. His early colour photographs (autochromes) are now kept in the Bassetlaw Museum in Retford, Nottinghamshire and are said to be the largest collection of Autochromes in the UK by one photographer.
Stephen Francis Pegler (1852-1937) was born in Bowdon, Cheshire, the son of Alfred Pegler, the founder of the Northern Rubber Company, and his wife Elizabeth Selina Pegler (nee Partridge). He had an older sister Josephine, and a younger brother Francis (Frank). In the 1861 census, Stephen was 8 years old and living with his father and mother, grandmother Susannah Oatavis Pegler 72, sister and brother in London, where his father was a foreign merchant. In the 1881 Census, he was 27 and living in Retford. He and his brother were working in the family business. In 1899 the brothers set up Pegler Brothers and Co.
He married Ethel Healey (1860–1886) but was widowed early. He had one child, Dorothy Ethel Pegler (1886–1939). The family lived at Grade II* Amcott House, Grove Street, Retford (now the site of Bassetlaw Museum). Stephen retired from business in 1907 and continued living with his mother and sister after his father's death. He was actively involved in Retford civic life, being mayor of the borough of East Retford on three occasions.[1] He died in East Retford in 1937 at the age of 85.[2]
He was the uncle of Alan Pegler.