Peek, Richard

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• Education: Brighton College and St John's College, Cambridge. MA
• Census: 1881, White Horse Hotel, Tavern St, Ipswich
• Probate: 15 Dec 1920

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P.G.C. Eng. (Freemasons). Vicar of Stowupland, Suffolk, Rector of Sweffling, Suffolk and subsequently Chaplain at Dinard, France (1890-1895), Rector of Drewsteignton, Devon (1895-1904), to which he was presented by his cousin, Sir Henry Peek, Bart, and, lastly, Rector of St Magnus-the-Martyr, London Bridge, (1904-1920), which was also then in the gift of the Peek baronetcy. An ardent Freemason who held several distinguished offices in the Craft, including those of Provincial Grand Chaplain of Suffolk and of Jersey and, in 1899, Grand Chaplain of England.

In June 1895 the Rev. Richard Peek saved the life of a young French girl who jumped overboard from the ferry midway between Dinard and St. Malo, Brittany, and was subsequently awarded the bronze medal of the Royal Humane Society and the Gold Medal 1st Class of the Sociâetâe Nationale de Sauvetage de France. He and his wife Ada Peek are commemorated by a plaque in Drewsteignton Church. See "The Times" of 20 July 1920.

Education:
PEEK, RICHARD. Adm. pens, at St John's, June 14, 1873. [3rd] s. of Richard [F.L.S.], solicitor (and Julia). B. [May 20,1855], at Norwood, Surrey. Bapt. July 11, 1855.[School, Brighton College.] Matric. Michs. 1873; B.A. 1878; M.A. 1882. Ord. deacon (Truro) 1878; priest, 1879; C. of Duloe, Cornwall, 1878-9. V. of Stowupland, Suffolk, 1880-2. R. of Sweffling, 1882-90. V. of Bruisyard, 1884-90. Chaplain at Dinard, 1890-5. R. of Drewsteignton, Devon, 1895-1904. R. of St Magnus-the-Martyr, London, 1904-20. Received the bronze medal of the Royal Humane Society, and the first class medal of the Societe Nationale de Sauvetage of France, for saving the life of a young girl who jumped overboard from a boat returning from Dinard. An ardent Freemason. Died July 18, 1920, at Sutton, Surrey. Father of Alfred R. W. (1900). {Brighton Coll. Reg.; Scott, MSS.;
Crockford; The Times, July 20, 1920.)

Richard married Reeves, Ada on 5 Apr 1875 in Holborn, London. Ada (daughter of Reeves, Edward James and Reeves, Caroline) was born in 1856; died on 26 Oct 1911 in Foots Cray, Sidcup, Kent; was buried in Norwood Cemetery, Peek Family Vault. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Peek, Francis Coristine was born on 7 Sep 1876 in Aspall, Suffolk; died on 7 May 1949 in Rhodesia; was buried in Rhodesia, Bindura.
2. Peek, Mary Frances was born on 17 Aug 1878 in Herodsfoot Vicarage, Nr Liskeard, Cornwall; died on 28 Mar 1965 in Newport, Isle of Wight.
3. Peek, Maude Ada was born in 1880; died in 1953.
4. Peek, Alfred Richard Welldon was born on 18 Mar 1882 in Stowupland Vicarage, Suffolk; died on 1 Jun 1958 in Winchester; was buried in 1958 in Drewsteignton.
5. Peek, Dorothy was born on 27 Nov 1889 in Suffolk; died on 18 Jun 1916 in Sidcup, Kent.

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• Baptism: 13 Apr 1831, St Paul's Canonbury, Islington
• Census: 1871, 54 Norfolk Square, Marylebone, London

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F.L.S. A solicitor of 5 King's Bench Walk, Temple, and partner in the firm of Peek and Downing of 10 Basinghall St, London. Freeman of the City of London (July 1861). He retired from practice in 1864 and devoted the rest of his life to social and legal advisory work in Brighton, where he lived at Walton House. He was also much attached to the study of marine biology and published several papers on the subject of ichthyology. As a result of his strong interest in this branch of natural history he was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society on 21 April 1864. He died at his country residence.

Richard married Bousfield, Julia on 15 Aug 1854 in St Leonards, Streatham, Surrey. Julia (daughter of Bousfield, George Delabere) was born on 3 Mar 1829; died on 21 Dec 1897 in 22 Overstrand Mansions, Battersea Park; was buried in Brighton Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1871, 54 Norfolk Square, Marylebone, London
• Census: 1881, St Clair House, Cuckfield, Sussex

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Fourth daughter of George Delabere Bousfield, Esq. senior partner, George Bousfield & Co., Common Councillor, Master of the Clothworkers' Company (1848) and Director of the General Life and Fire Assurance Co.

Julia Peek and her father, George Delabere Bousfield, were members of the ancient family of Bousfield of Scarsykes, co. Westmorland, who were for several centuries established in the parish of Ravenstonedale, co Westmorland, near the hamlet of Bousfield, from which they took their name. For full details of the family of Bousfield of Scarsykes see Burke's Landed Gentry, 18th edition, Vol. III and Bousfield family documents contained in the Garrett Collection in the library of the Society of Genealogists, London.

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• Baptism: 21 Sep 1800, Ebenezer Chapel-Independent, Kingsbridge, Devon, England
• Probate: 6 Oct 1870, PPR 1677

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Llived at 27 Coleman Street, London, (from c.1819), Stoke Newington Green, co. Middlesex (from c.1821 to c.1842), 30 Finsbury Square (1843) and Bemerton Lodge, Upper Norwood, co. Surrey (from c. 1845 onwards). Married by licence to Mary Francis. Founder of William Peek E. Co. (in or about 1810) and co-founder in 1821 of Peek Bros. & Co. and (in 1834) Peek Brothers and Winch of Liverpool and London. Holy Trinity Church, Beckenham, Kent was built in 1877 in his memory and that of his wife Mary by their youngest son, Francis Peek. His portrait, with those of his wife Mary and daughter Mary Drew nâee Peek, hangs in the dining room at Castle Drogo, Devon, the seat of the Drewe family. William Peek's will proved 6/10/1870 (P.P.R./677) His portrait is at Castle Drogo, Devon, copy in possession of Veronica D Hughes

William married Francis, Mary on 30 May 1820 in London, St Stephen's, Coleman Street. Mary (daughter of Francis, John and Francis, Mary) was born in 1804; died on 8 Aug 1874 in 2 Highlands Road, Upper Norwood, Surrey; was buried in Norwood Cemetery, Peek Family Vault. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1871, Osborne, Exeter Road, Christchurch, Dorset
• Probate: 27 Oct 1874, P P R

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Only child of John and Mary Francis of London, whose family is said to have left Wales for France at the time of the first peace with Napoleon (27 March 1802) and has never been heard of since, except through reports that some of the members had left Paris and settled in the south of France. An aunt of Mary Francis was married to a French doctor (name unknown).

Her portrait, with those of her husband, William Peek, and daughter, Mary Drew nâee Peek, hangs in the dining room of Castle Drogo, Devon. A copy is in the possession of Veronica D Hughes.

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• Residence: Park Farm House, Upper Tooting
• Occupation: 1848; Master of Clothworkers Company

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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

John married Francis, Mary. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]