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Peek of Hazelwood
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 1855 - 1920 (65 years)
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| Name |
Peek, Richard |
| Born |
20 May 1855 |
Beulah Hill, Norwood, Surrey  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
1881 |
White Horse Hotel, Tavern St, Ipswich [1] |
| Education |
Brighton College and St John's College, Cambridge. MA [3] |
- 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.) [2]
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| Died |
18 Jul 1920 |
De Lucie, Cedar Road, Sutton, Surrey [4] |
| Probate |
15 Dec 1920 [4] |
| Buried |
Norwood Cemetery, Peek Family Vault |
| Person ID |
I1010 |
Peek Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
5 Feb 2015 |
| Father |
Peek, Richard, b. 7 Mar 1831, Newington Green, Stoke Newington, Middlesex , d. 14 Apr 1871, St Clair, Haywards Heath, Sussex (Age 40 years) |
| Mother |
Bousfield, Julia, b. 3 Mar 1829, d. 21 Dec 1897, 22 Overstrand Mansions, Battersea Park (Age 68 years) |
| Married |
15 Aug 1854 |
St Leonards, Streatham, Surrey |
| Family ID |
F341 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Reeves, Ada, b. 1856, d. 26 Oct 1911, Foots Cray, Sidcup, Kent (Age 55 years) |
| Married |
5 Apr 1875 |
Holborn, London |
| Census |
1911 |
De Lucie, Main Road, Sidcup [5] |
| Children |
| | 1. Peek, Francis Coristine, b. 7 Sep 1876, Aspall, Suffolk , d. 7 May 1949, Rhodesia (Age 72 years) |
| | 2. Peek, Mary Frances, b. 17 Aug 1878, Herodsfoot Vicarage, Nr Liskeard, Cornwall , d. 28 Mar 1965, Newport, Isle of Wight (Age 86 years) |
| | 3. Peek, Maude Ada, b. 1880, d. 1953 (Age 73 years) |
| | 4. Peek, Alfred Richard Welldon, b. 18 Mar 1882, Stowupland Vicarage, Suffolk , d. 1 Jun 1958, Winchester (Age 76 years) |
| | 5. Peek, Dorothy, b. 27 Nov 1889, Suffolk , d. 18 Jun 1916, Sidcup, Kent (Age 26 years) |
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| Last Modified |
5 Feb 2015 |
| Family ID |
F347 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| 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.
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- [S367] 1881 Census, Registrar Ipswich, (LDS 1881 British Census), ED 20 p 4 (Reliability: 2).
- [S12] Cambridge University Alumni.
- [S404] Alumni Cantabrigienses (Reliability: 2).
- [S409] England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, (Ancestry.com) (Reliability: 2).
- [S370] 1911 Census, Registrar Bromley, RG14PN3713 RG78PN140 RD42 SD4 ED9 SN18 (Reliability: 2).
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