Peek of Hazelwood

Peek, Richard

Male 1831 - 1871  (40 years)


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  • Name Peek, Richard 
    Born 7 Mar 1831  Newington Green, Stoke Newington, Middlesex Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 13 Apr 1831  St Paul's Canonbury, Islington Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1871  54 Norfolk Square, Marylebone, London Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Died 14 Apr 1871  St Clair, Haywards Heath, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Brighton Cemetery Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I604  Peek Genealogy
    Last Modified 5 Feb 2015 

    Father Peek, William,   b. 20 Nov 1791, Devon, Kingsbridge Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Sep 1870, Isle of Wight, Ryde Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Francis, Mary,   b. 1804,   d. 8 Aug 1874, 2 Highlands Road, Upper Norwood, Surrey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Married 30 May 1820  London, St Stephen's, Coleman Street Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1851  9 Pulteney Street, Bath Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1861  Balham Hill, London Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F185  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Bousfield, Julia,   b. 3 Mar 1829,   d. 21 Dec 1897, 22 Overstrand Mansions, Battersea Park Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Married 15 Aug 1854  St Leonards, Streatham, Surrey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Peek, Richard,   b. 20 May 1855, Beulah Hill, Norwood, Surrey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jul 1920, De Lucie, Cedar Road, Sutton, Surrey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
     2. Peek, Mary Frances,   b. 1858,   d. 1877  (Age 19 years)
     3. Peek, William,   b. 1865,   d. 1917  (Age 52 years)
    Last Modified 5 Feb 2015 
    Family ID F341  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • 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.

  • Sources 
    1. [S289] 1871 Census, Registrar Kensington, (Ancestry.co.uk), F 64 p11 (Reliability: 2).

    2. [S75] 1861 Census, Registrar Wandsworth, ED4 F49 p1 (Reliability: 2).