Peek, Cuthbert Edgar

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• Education: Eton and Pembroke College, Cambridge
• Census: 1861, Wimbledon House, Wimbledon
• Census: 1871, Wimbledon House, Wimbledon
• Census: 1881, Wimbledon House, Wimbledon
• Occupation: 1881; BA Cambridge, Student of Law

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2nd Bart of Rousdon. M.A., Cantab., F.S.A., J.P., Devon. H.M. Lieutenant for the City of London. Patron of the livings of Rousdon, Drewsteignton and St. Magnus-the-Martyr, London Bridge.

Education:
PEEK, CUTHBERT EDGAR. Adm. pens, (age 19) at Pembroke, July 4, 1873. Only s. of [Sir] Henry William [Ist Bart., M.P.], of Wimbledon, Surrey [and Margaret Maria, dau. of William Edgar, of Eagle House, Clapham Common]. B. [Jan. 30, 1855], at Clapham. [School, Eton.] Matric. Michs. 1873; B.A. 1880; M.A. 1884. Adm. at the Inner Temple, July 20, 1876. Studied astronomy and surveying; carried out observations in Iceland, i88r. F.S.A., 1890; F.R.A.S., 1884. Travelled extensively in Australia and New Zealand.
Of Rousdon, Devon, where he set up an observatory, 1884. Succeeded his father as 2nd Bart., 1898. J. P. for Devon and London. H.M.'s Lieut, for the City of London. Married, Jan. 3, 1884, the Hon. Augusta Louisa Broderick, dau. of William, Viscount Middleton, and had issue. Presented a challenge cup and an annual prize to be shot for by members of the University Volunteer Corps. Author, Meteorological and Astronomical Observations of Rousdon Observatory, Devon, 1886-95. Died July 9, 1901. {Etmi Sch. Lists; Inns of Court; Burke, P. and B.; D.N.B.; Who was Who.)

Cuthbert married Brodrick, Augusta Louisa on 3 Jan 1884 in Hambledon, Surrey. Augusta (daughter of Brodrick, William and Fremantle, Augusta Mary) was born on 22 Oct 1854 in Chester Sq, St Michael, Middlesex; died on 3 Nov 1934. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Peek, Wilfred was born on 9 Oct 1884 in Wimbledon, Surrey; died on 12 Oct 1927.
2. Peek, Margaret was born on 18 Dec 1885 in Wimbledon, Surrey; died on 5 Sep 1948.
3. Peek, Violet Eveline was born on 6 Dec 1886 in Wimbledon, Surrey; died on 3 Feb 1964.
4. Peek, Roger Grenville was born on 6 Sep 1888 in Wimbledon, Surrey; died on 23 Mar 1921 in Strokestown, Ireland.
5. Peek, Gwendoline was born on 4 Nov 1890 in Wimbledon, Surrey; died on 8 Nov 1974 in Scotland, Ayrshire, Bargany.
6. Peek, Constance Helen was born in Q3 1894 in Axminster, Devon, Dorset; died in Q3 1894 in Marylebone, London.
7. Peek, Kathleen Marian was born on 17 Apr 1900; died on 14 Dec 1952.

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• Baptism: 27 Apr 1825, St Stephen, Coleman Street, London

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1st Bart of Rousdon, Devon. D.L., Devon. Senior M.P. for Mid-Surrey (1868-1884). First Chairman of the Commercial Union Assurance Co. His portrait was in the Board Room at Peek House, 20 Eastcheap, City of London, where he was a partner in Peek Brothers & Co. from 1847 and senior partner until 1895. He was created a baronet on 13 May 1874 and lived at Wimbledon House, co. Surrey, from about 1860 onwards. In or about 1880 Rousdon, near Lyme Regis, was built by the famous architect, Sir Ernest George, for Sir Henry Peek, and the house remained the seat of the Peek baronetcy until 1938, when it was sold to Allhallows School, which moved from Honiton. Sir Henry was patron of the livings of Drewsteignton, Devon, and St. Magnus-the-Martyr, London Bridge, as well as of Rousdon.

Henry married Edgar, Margaret Maria on 20 Jul 1848 in Clapham, Surrey. Margaret (daughter of Edgar, William and Leyburn, Frances) was born on 13 Aug 1828; was christened on 11 Feb 1829 in St James, Westminster, London; died on 2 May 1884; was buried in Rousdon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Second daughter of William Edgar, Esq. (1792-1869), first of co. Cumberland and then of Eagle House, Clapham Common, Surrey, and of his wife Frances. William and Frances Edgar were buried in Norwood Cemetery, William Edgar being commemorated by a monument in Rousdon Church. She is commemorated by a stained glass window, presented by her husband, in the ante-chapel at Cranleigh School, Surrey.

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• Census: 1841, 8 Finsbury Square, Shoreditch
• Census: 1851, 8 Finsbury Square, Shoreditch
• Census: 1861, 1 Kidbrooke Lodge, St Germans Place, Lewisham
• Census: 1871, Watcombe Lodge, St Mary Church, Torquay, Devon

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Married by licence to Elizabeth Masters. Lived at various addresses in London, including Wilson Street, Finsbury, 74 Coleman Street and 8 Finsbury Square, and later at Risbrook Lodge, Blackheath, Kent (in 1857) and Watcombe, near Torquay, Devon. Partner in Peek Bros and Co., co-founder (with George Hender Frean) of Peek, Frean & Co. in 1857, and founder of the James Peek and Hazelwood Trusts. There is a monument to his memory (erected by his son, Sir Henry William Peek, 1st Bart, M.P.) in Rousdon Church, Devon.

Mayhew, H: Shops of London Vol 1 pp 13-17 (1865): "James Peek (6th son of John Peek of Loddiswell, Devon) b. 8 June 1800. Tea, Coffee and Spice Dealer, of 27 Coleman Street, the firm being Peek, Bros and Co. (1819), a founder of the firm of Peek Frean and Co., biscuit manufacturers, Dock Head, St Saviours, London, which employed 500 hands. Father of Sir Henry Peek, Baronet. Resided Kidbrook, Blackheath, Kent. Died at Watcombe, Torquay, Jan 23rd 1879."

James married Masters, Elizabeth on 19 Feb 1824 in St Stephen, Coleman Street, London. Elizabeth (daughter of Masters, James and Elizabeth) was born on 2 Jul 1799; was christened on 26 Sep 1804 in Spitalfields Christ Church, Stepney, London, England; died on 4 Oct 1867; was buried in Rousdon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1841, 8 Finsbury Square, Shoreditch
• Census: 1851, 8 Finsbury Square, Shoreditch
• Census: 1861, 1 Kidbrooke Lodge, St Germans Place, Lewisham

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First wife of James Peek (1800-1879) and mother of Sir Henry William Peek, 1st Bart, M.P. Only daughter of James and Elizabeth Masters of Wilson Street, Finsbury, and last surviving member of the Lemaãitre family of Dieppe, who sought refuge in England after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. The Chapel of Cranleigh School, Surrey, was presented by Sir Henry Peek in 1869 as a memorial to her.

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• Residence: co. Cumberland
• Residence: Eagle House, Clapham Common, Surrey

William married Leyburn, Frances on 21 Nov 1822. Frances was born in c 1800; died on 19 Feb 1889 in 26 Marine Parade, Brighton; was buried in Norwood Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: co. Cumberland
• Residence: Eagle House, Clapham Common, Surrey

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• Baptism: 9 Mar 1753, Devon, Modbury
• Census: 1841, Hazelwood, Loddiswell parish

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Elder son of John and Mary Peek of Modbury. In the pedigree attested before Lancaster Herald when he was granted Arms in 1832, however, John Peek gave the year of his birth and baptism as 1752. The confusion must surely have arisen as a result of the change from the Julian (Old Style) Calendar to the Gregorian (New Style) Calendar in September 1752. Before that date each year began on 25 March (Lady Day), the period between the previous 1 January and 25 March being reckoned as a compromise between the old and the new years and recorded as such (e.g. 25 January 1624/25, 7 February 1746/47). As John Peek was born after September 1752 his baptism is quite properly recorded in the Modbury parish register as 9 March 1753 (New Style), and his date of birth was equally 25 February 1753. If the Julian Calendar had still been in use his year of birth and baptism would have been recorded as 1752/53, as 1753 would not have begun until 25 March. As this was the first year which began on 1 January no doubt John Peek's parents continued to reckon under the Old Style and informed their son accordingly.

John Peek was married to Susannah Ann Foxworthy at Loddiswell, Devon, 11/5/1779, when he was living at West Alvington, near Kingsbridge. Soon afterwards, however, he moved to Loddiswell, his wife's native parish, and their first four children were all born there. When John Peek first took up residence at Halsenwood Villa, Loddiswell, is not certain, but his second son Richard is stated to have been born at the Villa on 3/10/1782. John Peek's four youngest children were all born at Dodbrook, Kingsbridge, and his wife died there in August 1802.

John Peek, Esq., of Halsenwood Villa, Loddiswell, was granted Arms and a crest by the College of Arms on 28 June 1832. His portrait is hung in the dining room at Castle Drogo, Devon, the seat of the Drewe family, which was built by one of his great-grandsons, Julius Charles Drewe. There is a similar portrait at Hazelwood.

John married Foxworthy, Susannah Ann on 11 May 1779 in Devon, Loddiswell. Susannah (daughter of Foxworthy, John and Hyne, Agnes) died on 1 Aug 1802 in Devon, Kingsbridge, Dodbrook; was buried in Kingsbridge, Independent Chapel. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 30 Dec 1758, Devon, Loddiswell

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The East window of Loddiswell Church was presented by her son William Peek in her memory

James married Elizabeth. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]