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Peek of Hazelwood
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Generation: 2
Generation: 3
| 4. | Peek, Francis Coristine was born on 7 Sep 1876 in Aspall, Suffolk (son of Peek, Richard and Reeves, Ada); died on 7 May 1949 in Rhodesia; was buried in Rhodesia, Bindura. Other Events:
- Education: Marlborough
- Residence: Rhodesia, Concession nr Salisbury
- Trustee of the James Peek Trust: 1907
Notes:
Served in Boer War as Captain, Transvaal Yeomanry.
Francis married Van Renen, Angelique Marie Annecy. Angelique was born on 27 Jun 1880; died on 23 Sep 1974 in Salisbury, Rhodesia; was buried in Bindura, Rhodesia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 5. | Van Renen, Angelique Marie Annecy was born on 27 Jun 1880; died on 23 Sep 1974 in Salisbury, Rhodesia; was buried in Bindura, Rhodesia. Notes:
Daughter of a minister in the Government of the Cape of Good Hope.
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| 8. |  Peek, Richard was born on 20 May 1855 in Beulah Hill, Norwood, Surrey (son of Peek, Richard and Bousfield, Julia); died on 18 Jul 1920 in De Lucie, Cedar Road, Sutton, Surrey; was buried in Norwood Cemetery, Peek Family Vault. Other Events:
- Education: Brighton College and St John's College, Cambridge. MA
- Census: 1881, White Horse Hotel, Tavern St, Ipswich
- Probate: 15 Dec 1920
Notes:
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]
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| 9. | Reeves, Ada was born in 1856 (daughter of Reeves, Edward James and Reeves, Caroline); died on 26 Oct 1911 in Foots Cray, Sidcup, Kent; was buried in Norwood Cemetery, Peek Family Vault. Other Events:
- Census: 1881, Vicarage, Stow Upland, Stowmarket, Suffolk
- Census: 1901, The Rectory, Drewsteignton
Notes:
Daughter of Alderman Edward James Reeves, J.P., Mayor of Brighton (1884-1887) and his wife Caroline. Married to the Rev. Richard Peek 5 April 1875 at Holborn, London. Died 26 October 1911 at Foots Cray, Sidcup, Kent, and buried in Peek family vault at Norwood.
Children:
- 4. Peek, Francis Coristine was born on 7 Sep 1876 in Aspall, Suffolk; died on 7 May 1949 in Rhodesia; was buried in Rhodesia, Bindura.
- 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.
- Peek, Maude Ada was born in 1880; died in 1953.
- 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.
- Peek, Dorothy was born on 27 Nov 1889 in Suffolk; died on 18 Jun 1916 in Sidcup, Kent.
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