Edmund TUKE (1826 – 1901)

Name

Edmund Tuke

Gender

Male

Military identification

Lieutenant, Napier Military Settlers

Birthdate

January 1826

Birthplace

Dulwich, Surrey, England

Date of death

19 March 1901

Place of death

Napier

Parents

  • Francis Freeling Tuke (1797-1847)
  • Emily Tuke, nee Mardell (1807-1893)

Partner(s)

  • Catherine Tuke, nee Loney (25/3/1833-8/10/1898)

Children

  • Emily Bertha Gudgeon (11/6/1853-21/6/1933)
  • Edmund Francis Stratford Tuke (10/6/1855-19/5/1916)
  • Clara Constance Raymond (1857-21/5/1932)
  • Edith Featherstone (18/1/1860-4/10/1934)
  • Baby Tuke (5/11/1863-5/11/1863)

Biography

Arrived in New Zealand on the ‘Cornwall’, 1851
Farmed sheep in Hawke’s Bay, 1863
Active service during Maori Wars in New Zealand Militia, from 1863
Received New Zealand War Medal
Founder of Masonic Scinde Lodge
Justice of the Peace, 1864

Accession number

591588

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