Edward Peacock (22 December 1831 in Hemsworth[1] – 31 March 1915[2]) was an English antiquarian and novelist.
[2] In 1853 he married Lucy Anne (died 1887), daughter of John S. Weatherall of New York City, a Captain in the United States Navy;[5] they had seven children- their son, Max, and daughter, Mabel Peacock, also published works on the folklore of Lincolnshire.
[6] He lived at Bottesford Manor and Kirton-in-Lindsey, and in 1869 was appointed Justice of the Peace for the Parts of Lindsey.
[5] A prolific contributor to James Murray's New English Dictionary,[5] he also wrote contributions to antiquarian journals and other periodicals: the Archaeologia and Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries, the Journal of the Royal Archaeological Institute, Notes and Queries, the Athenaeum and the Dublin Review.
At the time of his death he left a biographical work of the known notable combatants of the English Civil War incomplete.