The Tuke Family

[George Hutchinson]

Tuke often used the same models in many of his paintings and though I can't recall his surname at present, Jack was one of the boys he often painted. He did indeed work almost entirely on the Cornish coast.

PHILIP

[Sam Flynn]

Tthough I can't recall his surname at present, Jack was one of the boys he often painted

Thank heaven for that! I thought "Jack in the Rigging" might have been Tuke's way of passing the time.

[aspallek]

Hi Norma,

It is confusing because there are two unrelated Tuke families, both in psychology and both having Chiswick connections if I remember correctly. David Anderson knows much more about this than I. If I remember correctly, the painter Tuke was from the "other" family and not the family that ran the asylum in which Ann Druitt stayed. Leighton, in his book, makes the wrong assumption if this is the case.

It is interesting to note that the Red House Museum in Christchurch displays a Tuke painting. This is the museum established by Herbert Druitt, a relative of Montague's (son of his cousin, I believe).

[Natalie Severn]

Thanks Andy,
Interesting about Herbert Druitt.It needs more investigation.I had a hunch that Monty might have known Tuke and remembered your research.It was probably just that it made me think about what might have drawn Monty to the river in Chiswick that day.Happy memories perhaps?

[aspallek]

Perhaps, Norma. Even if it was the "other" Tuke it may be significant, especially in light of the painting at the Red House Museum.

[Chris Scott]

Some info on Herbert:
Herbert Druitt, founder of the Red House Museum, published a seminal book in two volumes, exploring the dress detail on monumental brasses around Britain, in 1906, when he was just 30 years old.
Herbert Druitt was essentially a gentleman of leisure, trained as a lawyer but with a particular passion for collecting and documenting the past which he pursued until his death in 1943. Extant diaries record in exacting detail the minutae of his life, and his many interests. He had long collected fashion plates showing dress styles from the 1780s to the 1890s, with his sister Charlotte, to give to his mother Matilda, and these form an important part of the Red House Museum's collection of dress history ephemera.


1881 Census:
High Street, Christchurch
Head: James Druitt aged 64 born Wimborne - Solicitor
Wife: Matilda Druitt aged 48 born Paddington
Children:
Jane aged 31
Matilda aged 20
John aged 19 - Solicitor's clerk
Herbert aged 5
All children born in Christchurch

[Chris Scott]

Norma
I found these notes I made some time back about Thomas Seymour Tuke.

Thomas Seymour Tuke
Birth:
1856 Quarter 1 Brentford

Notes from Oxford Alumni:
Tuke, Thomas Seymour, 2nd son Harrington, of Chiswick, Middlesex, D. Med.
Brasenose College, matriculated 17 October 1874, aged 18; B.A. 1878.
See St Paul's School register. Page 350.


Married:
1890 Quarter 3 St George Hanover Square to Kate Alexandra G Hewitt

Census returns:
1861:
Manor House, Chiswick Lane, Chiswick, Middlesex
Head: Thomas H Tuke aged 35 born Montfield, Somerset - Physician Licent. L.C. Fellow of Ed.
Wife: Sophia J Tuke aged 34 born Hertford on Avon, Warwickshire
Children:
John aged 8
Thomas S aged 5
Charles M aged 3
Frederick W aged 2
Frances S aged 1
Lindley aged 6 months
All born in Chiswick

1871
Manor House, Chiswick
Head: Thomas H Tuke aged 44 born Somerset - Physician M.D.
Wife: Sophia J Tuke aged 44 born Warwickshire
Children:
John C aged 18
Thomas S aged 15
Charles M aged 14
Frederick W aged 13
Francis G aged 9
Harry R aged 5
Mary E aged 7
Albert S aged 3
All born in Chiswick
Mother:
Mary Tuke aged 71 born Somerset
Cousin:
Henry O Molesworth aged 25 born Donegal - Civil engineer

1881:
Manor House Private Lunatic Asylum, Chiswick
Head: Thomas H Tuke M.D. aged 54 born Clifton, Somerset - Physican and Proprietor
Wife: Sophia J Tuke aged 42 born Stratford, Warks
Children:
Thomas S aged 25 - B.A. Oxford
Frederick W aged 22
H Crichton aged 18
Athol aged 12
Caroline J aged 9
All born in Chiswick
Visitor:
Morgan O'Donovan aged 20 born Ireland - Student at Oxford

1891:
Lynton House, Chiswick Lane, Chiswick
Head: Thomas S Tuke aged 35 born Chiswick - Registered physician M.A. Oxford
Wife: Kate A G Tuke aged 27 born Chiswick
Listed separately:
Private Lunatic asylum, Chiswick Lane, Chiswick
Head: Sophia J Tuke (Widow) aged 64 born Straford - Living on own means
Children:
Caroline J aged 19
Frederick W aged 32 - Secretary to Asylum
Athol S aged 27 - Architect's pupil
John C aged 38
Physician:
Charles S W Cobbold aged 38 born Edinburgh - Physician, Registered Practitioner

1901:
Chiswick House Private Asylum:
Head: Thomas Seymour Tuke aged 45 born Chiswick - Physician
Wife: Kate A G Tuke aged 37 born London
Daughter:
Kathleen D aged 8 born Chiswick
Mother:
Sophia J Tuke (Widow) aged 74 born Stratford on Avon
Sister:
Caroline J Tuke aged 29 born Chiswick

[aspallek]

Intersting, Chris. Thanks.

It looks as though Thomas S. Tuke, Jr. would have been at Oxford with Montague Druitt.

[Natalie Severn]

Many Thanks Chris. Might there be anything similar on Henry Scott Tuke?

[dmcdonald@onwight.net]

Intersting, Chris. Thanks.

It looks as though Thomas S. Tuke, Jr. would have been at Oxford with Montague Druitt.

It would certainly seem that Thomas S Tuke did go to Oxford and both he and Druitt played cricket with the MCC and Ingogniti - therefore, must have known each other. There is a bit about him and Druitt in my book, The Prince, His Tutor and the Ripper that may be of interest.

Deborah McDonald