Robert Whitehead (1856 to 1938) was an English land owner, businessman and Justice of the Peace (1915-1916).
He was chairman or director of many business in the area including Cammell Laird shipbuilders, Brodsworth Colliery Staverly Coal and Iron Company and Leeds Forge Company Ltd and many more.
In 1901 he took over the Hargate Estate, near the village of Wormhill, Derbyshire, where he lived until he died in 1938.
He was also a keen breeder of Shire Horses and in 1937 presented a cup to the Ashbourne Show - The Ashbourne Silver perpetual challenge cup which is awarded to the best mare or filly one year old and upward shown at the show.
Wormhill - the history of a High Peak village by Christopher Drewry ISBN 978-1-901214-82-6