He was born in Whittington, near Chesterfield, Derbyshire, and was the son of John Brotherton, an excise collector, and his wife Mary.
Samuel Pegge (1704-1796), antiquary and vicar of Whittington and Heath for many years, was buried here.
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This refers to the fact that The Earl of Danby was one of the "immortal seven" who signed the Invitation to William at the Cock and Pynot Inn in 1688.