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Peek of Hazelwood
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 1889 - 1942 (53 years)
Generation: 1
| 1. | Kidd, Ronald Hubert was born in C 1889 in Lewisham, Kent (son of Kidd, Leonard Joseph and Peek, Alice Maude); died on 13 May 1942. Other Events:
- Census: 1891, 6 Montpelier Street, Lewisham, Kent
- Census: 1901, 28 Downside Crescent, Hampstead
Notes:
Ronald Kidd (11 July 1889 - 13 May 1942) was a civil rights campaigner.
Born in London, England, the son of surgeon Leonard Joseph Kidd, grandson of doctor Joseph Kidd, and nephew of doctors Percy Kidd and Walter Aubrey Kidd, Ronald Hubert Kidd had a variety of jobs before finding his vocation as a campaigner against injustices in 1930s and 1940s Britain.
In 1934, angered by Police responses to hunger marchers, he founded the Council for Civil Liberty (later the National Council for Civil Liberty, or NCCL, now known as Liberty), which included such figures as E. M. Forster as its President and Clement Attlee, Aneurin Bevan, Havelock Ellis, Aldous Huxley, J. B. Priestley, Bertrand Russell, and H. G. Wells among its vice-presidents.
Please tell us your name and what you do at Liberty. My name is Ronald Hubert Kidd, and I was the first General Secretary of the National Council of Civil Liberties. In fact, I founded it, with my partner Sylvia Crowther-Smith, and the help of some very distinguished men and women.
What did you do before that? Lots of different things - I studied science at University College in London before serving in the war. I was discharged because of poor health, and I became secretary at the Wellcome Medical Museum for a while. Then I joined the civil service, working in the Ministry of Pensions until they cut pensions for 'shell-shocked' world war veterans - after everything those men had endured! I resigned in disgust. For a while after that I was a freelance journalist (where I made some contacts which were very helpful in the Council's early days) and an actor - that's how I met Sylvia, she was working as an actress. In 1933 I was working in publishing and running a little bookshop on the Strand.
How would your friends describe you? Well, my friend and associate Claud Cockburn once said I was a “saint-like man… who looked like the canon of some rather forward-looking diocese”, which was frightfully good of him. I think it's the glasses.
Have you always been a campaigner? Oh yes - before the war I joined the campaign for women's suffrage, and also gave lectures for the Workers' Educational Association. Sylvia and I joined many demonstrations against the Nazis, and of course I was always in support of the hunger marchers. Inequality appals me, and throughout my life I have refused to tolerate it.
What is the most rewarding part of your job? Injustice spurs me to action, and although I have never thought of myself as any sort of celebrity I am pleased to have been able to inspire others. Together we have achieved remarkable things, and I am terribly proud to see Liberty going from strength to strength, 75 years on.
Ronald married Gurthler, Isidora Alwina A in Q3 1916 in Hampstead, London, England. Isidora (daughter of Gurthler, Hugo and Bailey, Florence Ellen) was born on 20 Jul 1888 in Croydon, Surrey; died in Q2 1976 in Hereford. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Kidd, Anne J M was born in Q2, 1922 in Christchurch, Hants; died in Q3 1932 in Bristol.
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Generation: 2
| 2. | Kidd, Leonard Joseph was born in Q2 1859 in Lewisham, Kent (son of Kidd, Joseph and Sophia); died in 1926. Other Events:
- Census: 1871, 139 Marine Parade, Brighton, E Sussex
- Occupation: 1891; Physician Surgeon
Leonard married Peek, Alice Maude in Q2 1885 in Lewisham, Kent. Alice (daughter of Peek, William and Meigh, Anna Maria) was born in 1862; died in 1945. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 3. | Peek, Alice Maude was born in 1862 (daughter of Peek, William and Meigh, Anna Maria); died in 1945. Other Events:
- Census: 1871, "Shelton", Crescent Wood Road, Dulwich, London
- Census: 1881, 118 Lansdowne Place, Hove, Sussex
Notes:
Census:
Noted as "suffragist" and "Joint head of household"
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Generation: 3
| 5. | Sophia was born in C 1823 in Limerick, Ireland; died in Q4 1872 in Woolwich, Kent. Children:
- Kidd, Percy Marmaduke was born in C 1851 in Greenwich, Kent.
- Kidd, Walter was born in C 1853 in Greenwich, Kent.
- Kidd, Millicent was born in C 1857 in Blackheath, Kent.
- 2. Kidd, Leonard Joseph was born in Q2 1859 in Lewisham, Kent; died in 1926.
- Kidd, Laurie was born in C 1860 in Blackheath, Kent.
- Kidd, Hubert was born in C 1863 in Blackheath, Kent.
- Kidd, Dudley was born in C 1864 in Blackheath, Kent.
- Kidd, Alice Sophy was born in C 1867 in Blackheath, Kent; died in 1900.
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| 6. | Peek, William was born on 9 Nov 1822 in Holloway, Middlesex (son of Peek, William and Francis, Mary); died on 20 Aug 1886; was buried in Shirley, Croydon, Surrey. Other Events:
- Trustee of the James Peek Trust: 1875; Named in original Trust Indenture of 8 April 1874; Chairman of the James Peek Trust 1876, 1880
Notes:
Partner in Peek Brothers & Winch of North John Street, Liverpool and in Peek Brothers & Co. of Eastcheap, London from 1847. Lived at Balham Hill, co. Surrey from about 1846, Park Hill House, Clapham from c.1849 to 1864 and subsequently at "Shelton", Sydenham Hill, co. Surrey. Chairman, James Peek Trust (1876 and 1880). Built St. Cleopas Church and Rectory, Toxteth Park, Liverpool at his sole expense (1865).
William married Meigh, Anna Maria in May 1850 in Shelton, Staffordshire. Anna (daughter of Meigh, Charles and Grocott, Elizabeth) was born in C 1829 in Shelton, Staffordshire; died in Q1 1908 in Christchurch, Hants. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 7. | Meigh, Anna Maria was born in C 1829 in Shelton, Staffordshire (daughter of Meigh, Charles and Grocott, Elizabeth); died in Q1 1908 in Christchurch, Hants. Other Events:
- Census: 1841, Grove Cottage, Shelton, Stoke on Trent
- Census: 1891, "Shelton", Crescent Wood Road, Dulwich, London
- Census: 1901, Roby, 7 Crescent Wood Road, Dulwich, London
Children:
- Peek, Marian Gertrude was born in 1851 in Clapham; died on 26 Oct 1892 in Northolt, Blyth Road, Bromley, Kent.
- Peek, George Meigh was born in 1852; died on 24 Aug 1854 in Lancs, Waterloo; was buried in Staffs, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Hartshill.
- Peek, Evelyn Meigh was born in 1853 in Clapham Park, Surrey; died on 3 Feb 1927 in 2 Westgate Road, Beckenham, Kent.
- Peek, Constance Meigh was born in 1855; died in 1857.
- Peek, Ashley Meigh was born in 1856; died on 4 Jan 1888 in Adwick-le-Street, Yorks.
- Peek, Bertram William was born in 1860; died on 6 Jul 1886 in Hayne Road, Beckenham; was buried on 12 Jul 1886 in Shirley, Croydon.
- 3. Peek, Alice Maude was born in 1862; died in 1945.
- Peek, Leonard Meigh was born in 1864; died in 1898; was buried in Shirley, Croydon.
- Peek, Hubert Meigh was born in 1866; died in 1889; was buried in Shirley, Croydon.
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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.
- 6. 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.
- 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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