Peek, Bertrand Meigh

1891 - 1965  (73 years)

• Name	Peek, Bertrand Meigh
  Born	27 Dec 1891	Bournemouth
  Gender	Male
  Census	1901	Marina Bungalow, Bournemouth, Hants   [1]
  Census	1911	5 Owls Road Bournemouth   [2]
  Education	Malvern and Magdalene College, Cambridge. MA
  Died	5 May 1965	Melbourne, Australia
  Person ID	I824	Peek Genealogy
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2015

  
  

  Father	Peek, Leonard Meigh,   b. 1864,   d. 1898  (Age 34 years)
  Mother	Chester, Jessie Mary,   b. 1867, St Leonards on Sea, E Sussex ,   d. 1905  (Age 38 years)
  Married	Q4 1889	Battle, E Sussex   [3]
  Census	1891	"Shelton", Crescent Wood Road, Dulwich, London   [4]
  Family ID	F274	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Borthwick, Nora Blanche Kathleen,   b. 1897
  Children	1. Living   2. Peek, Bertrand Edward Lindsay,   b. 1923,   d. 25 Aug 1991, Perth, Western Australia  (Age 68 years)
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2015
  Family ID	F275	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Captain, Hampshire Regiment, 1914-18 War. Schoolmaster and astronomer. Sometime partner with his cousin, William Vernon Peek at Gorse Cliff School, Boscombe, which was founded by the latter. Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and President of the British Astronomical Association (1938-40). "Daily Telegraph" Astronomy Correspondent. Author of "The Planet Jupiter".

  
  

• Sources

  [S48] 1901 Census, Registrar Christchurch, (PRO), ED 34, F 150, p 30 (Reliability: 2). [S396] 1911 Census, Registrar Christchurch, ED18 (Reliability: 2). [S15] Free BMD Marriage, (Ancestry.co.uk), Vol 2b, P 106 (Reliability: 2). [S13] 1891 Census, Registrar Camberwell, (PRO), ED1, F14, P24 (Reliability: 2).