William Murray Tuke (1822-1903), was a British tea merchant and banker.

Early life

William Murray Tuke was born in 1822, the son of Samuel Tuke[1] and Priscilla Hack, the daughter of James Hack of Chichester, and his wife, Hannah Jeffreys.

Career

Tuke was a tea merchant and a banker. He had a "substantial tea business in York".[2] Tuke founded a bank in Essex, Gibson, Tuke & Gibson. Jabez Gibson, an uncle of the partner George Stacey Gibson, had been a founder of Saffron Walden Museum in 1835, and Tuke who lived at The Vineyard near Saffron Walden donated several objects to the museum.[3]

Personal life

He married Emma Williams (1822-1908)[4] Their son William Favill Tuke (1863-1940) became a banker, serving as the Chairman of Barclays Bank from 1934 to 1936.[2]

Death

Tuke died in 1903.

References

  1. ^ Urquhart, A.R. "Tuke, Samuel (1784-1857)" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 57. pp. 301–302.
  2. ^ a b "William Tuke (Chairman 1934-1936)". Barclays. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  3. ^ Aidan Harrison, "The Early Development of the English Bed", Regional Furniture, 38 (2024), pp. 18–19.
  4. ^ Alexandrina Buchanan (1997). A Guide to Archival Accessions at the Borthwick Institute, 1981-1996. Borthwick Publications. p. 150. ISBN 978-0-903857-74-1. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
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