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Peek of Hazelwood
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 1825 - 1898 (73 years)
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In 1868 the following Arms were registered by the College of Heralds in favour of Henry William Peek, M.P., eldest son of James Peek, Founder of the James Peek Trust, and grandson of John Peek of Hazelwood. He was created a baronet in 1874.
Azure, an estoile argent, in chief three crescents of the last. Mantling azure and argent.
Crest On a wreath of the colours, two hazel-nuts slipped proper.
The motto, "Le Maitre vient", is a play upon the maiden name of Sir Henry Peek's mother, née Elizabeth Masters, who was descended from an old French family named Lemaître of Dieppe. The latter family sought refuge in England after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes.
The above Arms, a description of which can be found in all the usual reference books, are now held by the present and sixth baronet, Sir Richard Grenville Peek.
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| Name |
Peek, Henry William |
| Born |
26 Feb 1825 |
20 King Street, Finsbury Square, London  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Baptism |
27 Apr 1825 |
St Stephen, Coleman Street, London |
| Died |
26 Aug 1898 |
| Buried |
Rousdon |
| Person ID |
I6 |
Peek Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
5 Feb 2015 |
| Father |
Peek, James, b. 8 Jun 1800, Dodbrook, Devon , d. 23 Jan 1879, Watcombe, Torquay (Age 78 years) |
| Mother |
Masters, Elizabeth, b. 2 Jul 1799, d. 4 Oct 1867 (Age 68 years) |
| Married |
19 Feb 1824 |
St Stephen, Coleman Street, London |
| Family ID |
F2 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Edgar, Margaret Maria, b. 13 Aug 1828, d. 2 May 1884 (Age 55 years) |
| Married |
20 Jul 1848 |
Clapham, Surrey |
| Census |
1861 |
Wimbledon House, Wimbledon [1] |
| Census |
1871 |
Wimbledon House, Wimbledon [2] |
| Census |
1881 |
Wimbledon House, Wimbledon [3] |
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| Last Modified |
5 Feb 2015 |
| Family ID |
F4 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- 1st Bart of Rousdon, Devon. D.L., Devon. Senior M.P. for Mid-Surrey (1868-1884). First Chairman of the Commercial Union Assurance Co. His portrait was in the Board Room at Peek House, 20 Eastcheap, City of London, where he was a partner in Peek Brothers & Co. from 1847 and senior partner until 1895. He was created a baronet on 13 May 1874 and lived at Wimbledon House, co. Surrey, from about 1860 onwards. In or about 1880 Rousdon, near Lyme Regis, was built by the famous architect, Sir Ernest George, for Sir Henry Peek, and the house remained the seat of the Peek baronetcy until 1938, when it was sold to Allhallows School, which moved from Honiton. Sir Henry was patron of the livings of Drewsteignton, Devon, and St. Magnus-the-Martyr, London Bridge, as well as of Rousdon.
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- [S108] 1861 Census, Registrar Kingston, ED 1, F 14, p 21 (Reliability: 2).
- [S77] 1871 Census, Registrar Wimbledon, (Ancestry.co.uk), ED1 F15 P22 (Reliability: 2).
- [S83] 1881 Census, Registrar Kingston, (LDS 1881 British Census), ED 1a F9 p11 (Reliability: 2).
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