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Peek of Hazelwood
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 1888 - 1943 (55 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
| 2. | Drury, Francis Saxham Elwes was born in 1858; died in 1941 in New York, USA. Other Events:
- Trustee of the James Peek Trust: 1887
- Residence: Bef 1921, 50 Pont Street, London, SW
- Residence: Aft 1921, New York, USA
Notes:
An original director of both Peek Bros & Winch, Ltd (from 1895) and Francis Peek & Co. Ltd (from 1913). His portrait was in the Board Room at Peek House, Eastcheap. Resigned his directorships in 1919. After the death of his first wife, nâee Mary Gertrude Peek, in 1921, he married an American heiress and went to live in New York, where he died in 1941.
Francis married Peek, Mary Gertrude in 1884. Mary (daughter of Peek, Francis and Meigh, Lydia Hicks) was born in 1861; died in 1921. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 3. | Peek, Mary Gertrude was born in 1861 (daughter of Peek, Francis and Meigh, Lydia Hicks); died in 1921. Other Events:
- Census: 1871, Roby, 7 Crescent Wood Road, Dulwich, London
- Census: 1881, Roby, 7 Crescent Wood Road, Dulwich, London
- Census: 1891, 8 Queens Gardens, Margate, Kent
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Generation: 3
| 6. | Peek, Francis was born on 27 Sep 1833 in Cornwall Place, Islington (son of Peek, William and Francis, Mary); died in Sep 1899; was buried in Shirley, Croydon, Surrey. Other Events:
- Trustee of the Hazelwood Trust: NK
- Residence: "Roby", Sydenham Hill, co. Surrey
- Baptism: 5 Feb 1834, St Mary, Islington
- Occupation: 1871; Tea Merchant
- Trustee of the James Peek Trust: 1875; Named in original Trust Indenture of 8 April 1874; Chairman of the James Peek Trust 1878,1890,1892,1897-1898
- Census: 1891, 8 Queens Gardens, Margate, Kent
- Census: 1901, Shepherds Farm, Nutfield
Notes:
In 1855, at the age of nineteen, he joined his father and others in the firm of Peek Bros and Winch of Liverpool as a junior partner. This firm then opened up in London at 23 Rood Lane, City, in direct competition with the original firm of Peek Bros & Co, tea brokers, of 20 Eastcheap, London, E.C. In 1874 Peek Bros and Winch moved to 3/4 Fenchurch Street, City. On the death of William Peek senior in 1870 Francis Peek became senior partner, and the London firm changed its name to Francis Peek, Winch & Co. In May 1895 a limited company was formed under the style of Peek Bros and Winch Ltd to incorporate the businesses of all the firms mentioned above. The head office of the new company was to be no. 20 Eastcheap, where Peek Bros and Co. had been established since c.1842; the building had been reconstructed in 1874 to form the present Peek House. This remained the head office of the company and its successor, Peek, Winch & Tod, Ltd, until recent years.
Francis Peek was appointed first Chairman of Peek Brothers & Winch Ltd in 1895 and held the appointment until his death in 1899. His portrait was hung in the Board Room at Peek House. He was also Chairman of the Howard Association and the James Peek Trust for a number of years. He is reputed to have given over half a million pounds during his lifetime to charitable and religious causes. These included the building of four churches for his sons-in-law in Holy Orders. One of these churches was Holy Trinity, Beckenham, Kent, built in 1877/78 in memory of his parents, William and Mary Peek. Another portrait of Francis Peek hangs in the vestry there.
Francis married Meigh, Lydia Hicks in Q3 1855 in West Derby, Lancashire. Lydia (daughter of Meigh, Charles and Grocott, Elizabeth) was born in C 1835; died in Q1 1917 in Croydon, Surrey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 7. | Meigh, Lydia Hicks was born in C 1835 (daughter of Meigh, Charles and Grocott, Elizabeth); died in Q1 1917 in Croydon, Surrey. Other Events:
- Baptism: 30 Sep 1835, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire
- Census: 1841, Grove Cottage, Shelton, Stoke on Trent
- Census: 1851, East Side of Park Hill, Clapham, Surrey
- Census: 1891, Roby, 7 Crescent Wood Road, Dulwich, London
- Census: 1901, Roby, 7 Crescent Wood Road, Dulwich, London
- Census: 1911, Argyle House, 116 Church Road, Norwood
Children:
- Peek, Lydia was born in 1857 in Liverpool, Lancs; died in 1889.
- Peek, Francis Hedley was born in 1858 in Liverpool, Lancs; died on 5 Jun 1904.
- Peek, Anne Meigh was born in 1860 in Liverpool, Lancs; died on 8 Jun 1884 in 10 Mostyn Terrace, Eastbourne.
- 3. Peek, Mary Gertrude was born in 1861; died in 1921.
- Peek, Florence M was born in C 1867 in Roby, Staffordshire.
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Generation: 4
| 12. | Peek, William was born on 20 Nov 1791 in Devon, Kingsbridge (son of Peek, John and Foxworthy, Susannah Ann); died on 14 Sep 1870 in Isle of Wight, Ryde; was buried in Norwood Cemetery, Peek Family Vault. Other Events:
- Baptism: 21 Sep 1800, Ebenezer Chapel-Independent, Kingsbridge, Devon, England
- Probate: 6 Oct 1870, PPR 1677
Notes:
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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| 13. | Francis, Mary was born in 1804 (daughter of Francis, John and Francis, Mary); died on 8 Aug 1874 in 2 Highlands Road, Upper Norwood, Surrey; was buried in Norwood Cemetery, Peek Family Vault. Other Events:
- Census: 1871, Osborne, Exeter Road, Christchurch, Dorset
- Probate: 27 Oct 1874, P P R
Notes:
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.
Children:
- Peek, Mary was born on 31 Mar 1821 in Middlesex, Islington; died in 1896.
- Peek, William was born on 9 Nov 1822 in Holloway, Middlesex; died on 20 Aug 1886; was buried in Shirley, Croydon, Surrey.
- Peek, George was born in 1824; died before Apr 1864.
- Peek, Catherine was born on 29 Jul 1826 in Albion Terrace, Islington, Middlesex; died in 1894.
- Peek, Eliza was born on 3 May 1829 in Newington Green, Stoke Newington, Middlesex; died in 1907.
- Peek, Richard was born on 7 Mar 1831 in Newington Green, Stoke Newington, Middlesex; died on 14 Apr 1871 in St Clair, Haywards Heath, Sussex; was buried in Brighton Cemetery.
- 6. Peek, Francis was born on 27 Sep 1833 in Cornwall Place, Islington; died in Sep 1899; was buried in Shirley, Croydon, Surrey.
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| 14. | Meigh, Charles was born in C 1792 in Hanley, Staffordshire (son of Meigh, Job); died on C Q3 1865 in West Derby. Other Events:
- Residence: Grove House, Shelton, Staffs
- Residence: Waterloo, Lancs
- Census: 1851, Broke House, Brighton, Great Crosby, Lancashire
- Occupation: 1851; Manufacturer of Earthenware
- Occupation: 1861; Earthenware Manufacturer
Charles married Grocott, Elizabeth. Elizabeth was born in C 1801 in Manchester; died in Q4 1874? in Camberwell, London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 15. | Grocott, Elizabeth was born in C 1801 in Manchester; died in Q4 1874? in Camberwell, London. Other Events:
- Census: 1851, East Side of Park Hill, Clapham, Surrey
- Census: 1871, Roby, 7 Crescent Wood Road, Dulwich, London
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