Peter Whitehead (businessman)


Peter Whitehead was a prominent business man in Rawtenstall, Lancashire. With his brothers Thomas and David he established Thomas Whitehead and Brothers in 1815.
Following the dissolution of Thomas Whitehead and Brothers in 1855, Peter built the Ilex Mill, Rawtenstall in 1856.
He is buried in the same grave as his two brothers in the churchyard of Longholme Methodist Church.