John William Garrett PeggeJohn was born on July 23, 1853, in Stepney Green, London, where his father, George Ward Pegg, served as the minister of the Beulah Baptist Chapel on Commercial Road. George came from an aristocratic Derbyshire family whose ancestry dates to the early16th century. The family owned properties and assets in all of Derbyshire and the neighbouring counties. He gained education from Amersham Hall, Caversham, near Reading, Read More Read Less