Tucker, George Boswell TUCKER, GEORGE BOSWELL. Adm. pens, (age 19) at Jesus, Oct. 1873. S. of Henry Carre, C.B. B. at Benares, India, Jan. 5, 1854. [School, St John's Wood.] Matric. Michs. 1873; B.A. 1877; M.A. 1880. Assistant Master at St John's Wood School. Of 74, Carlton Hill, N.W. Died Nov. 25, 1932, aged 78, in London; buried at Crayford, Kent. (J. T. Hales; The Times, Nov. 29, 1932; V. Hodson.) TUCKER, GEORGE DEAN RAFFLES. Adm. sizar (age 19) at Magdalene, May 25, 1897. S. of Col. William Raffles, R.E., deceased, of Carlton Road, Putney, London. School, Wellington College. Matric. Michs. 1897; Browne medal, 1900; Chancellor's (English) medal, 1901; B.A. 1901; M.A. 1910. Assistant Keeper in the printed books Department of the British Museum, 1902-43-. Married, 1918, Phyllis, dau. of Dr H. L. R. Dent. Of Romany Rest, Gipsy Lane, London, S.W., where he died Sept. 30, 1950. (Wellington Coll. Reg.; Brit. Imp. Cal. and C.S. List, 1940; The Times, Oct. 3, 1950.) TUCKER, GEORGE RODNEY. Adm. pens, (age 18) at Trinity Hall, Jan. 26, 1871. [2nd] s. of W[illiam], Esq., of Clifton St Leonards, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia. Matric. Michs. 1871 B.A. 1875. Adm. at the Middle Temple, May 2, 1876. (Inns of Court.) TUCKER, GEORGE WILLIAM. Adm. pens, at Emmanuel, Apr. i, 1835. Of Devon. [2nd s. of the Rev. Peter Comyns, (1788) of Morchard-Bishop. B. 1817. School, Blundell's, Tiverton.] Matric. Michs. 1835; Scholar, 1836; B.A. 1839; M.A. 1850. Adm. at the Inner Temple, Nov. 6, 1839. Called to the Bar, June 8, 1849. Sheriff of the City of Exeter. Married, Dec. 28, 1865, Eve Charlotte Charity, dau. of John Terrell Shapland, solicitor, of South Molton. Brother of Comyns (1826). {Blundell's Sch. Reg.; Law Lists; Inns of Court; Foster, Men at the Bar.) TUCKER, HERBERT. AdA. pens, at Clare, Oct. 15, 1861. Matric. Michs. 1861. TUCKER, JAMES ALFRED. Adm. pens, at Queens', Oct. 1876. Matric. Michs., 1876; B.A. 1880. Died Feb. 21, 1898. TUCKER, JAMES JUSTUS. Adm. sizar (age 19) at St John's, Nov. 20, 1815. B. at Hull. Matric. Michs. 1816; B.A. 1821. Ord. priest (London) Dec. 23, 1821. Chaplain on the Bengal Establishment. Died at sea on board the Scotia, July i, 1842. (G. Mag., 1842, II. 669.) TUCKER, JOHN. Adm. pens, (age 16) at Trinity, Dec. 29, 1774. S. of [The Rev.] John (i739), of Canterbury. Bapt. Mar. 25, 1758. School, Canterbury. Matric. Michs. 1775; Scholar; B.A. 1779; M.A. 1782. Second Master of the King's School, Canterbury, 1779-82; Head Master, 1782-5. R. of Gravesend, 1782-1811. R. of Luddenham, 1784-1811. 'Kept a seminary for young gentlemen' at Hever Court, near Gravesend, after retiring from Canterbury. P.C. of Wingham, 1800-11. Died Feb. 26, 1811. Brother of Stephen (1780). (G. Mag., 1811, I. 297; Woodruff and Cape, Schola Regia Cantuariensis.) TUCKER, JOHN. Adm. pens, at Emmanuel, Feb. 23, 1778. Of Dorset. [S. of Thomas (and Mary Muston). B. 1760. School, Sherborne.] Matrigi, Lent, 1779; B.A. 1782; M.A. 1785. R. of Caundle, Dorset. Private Chaplain to Henry, ist Earl Digby. Married, 1784, Betty, dau. of Sampson Boys, of Somerset, and had issue. Died suddenly, Sept. 11, 1817. (Burke, L.G., which calls him John Thomas, and 'Fellow of Emmanuel'; G. Mag., 1817, 11. 379-) TUCKER, JOHN HERVEY. Adm. Fell.-Com. at Corpus Christi, July 4, 1797. Of Bermuda. Matric. Michs. 1797. TUCKER, JOHN KINSMAN. Adm. pens, (age 19) at Peterhouse, Nov. 19, 1829. Of Devon. [Eldest s. of the Rev. John, of Ham House, Charlton Kings, V. of Hawling and P.C. of Charlton-Abbots, Gloucs.] Matric. Lent, 1830; B.A. 1842. Ord. deacon (Norwich) Aug. i, 1841; priest, 1842; C. of Framsden and Otley, Suffolk, 1841-4. R. of Pettaugh, 1844- 96. At one time studied at the Royal Academy. Died June 14, 1896. Father of Barton S. (1872); brother of William G. (1829). (T. A. Walker; Scott, MSS.; Boase, in. 1031; Crockford; The Times, June 18, 1896.) TUCKER, JOHN KINSMAN. Adm. pens, (age 17) at Magdalene, June 30, 1863. S. of the Rev. William Guise (1829), of Haslar Terrace, Gosport, Hants. School, Wisbech. Matric. Michs. 1863; B.A. 1867. TUCKER, JONATHAN HENRY. Adm. pens, at Emmanuel, Oct. 9, 1844; re-adm. Jan. 25, 1847. Matric. Michs. 1844; B.A. 1850; M.A. 1856. C. of St Mary's, Lancaster, 1853. C. of Wyresdale, Lanes., 1854-6. V. of Childswickham, Gloucs., 1856-60. Disappears from Clergy List, 1861. TUCKER, PETER COMYNS. Adm. pens, at Sidney, 1788, Eldest s. of tlie Rev. Peter (Balliol College, Oxford, 1748-9). M.A., of Morchard Bishop, Devon. B. there, Aug. 17, 1770. Tucker, Thomas George Schools, South Molton (Mr Oliver) and Tiverton (Mr Keats), Matric. Michs. 1789; Scholar, 1791; B.A. 1793; M.A. 1796. Fellow. R. of Downe St Mary, Devon, 1837-43. R. of Washford Pyne, 1838-43. Married, Isabella Hole. Died July 25, 1843. Father of Comyns (1826) and George W. (1835) (Burke, L.G.; Univ. Almanack.) TUCKER, RICHARD ALEXANDER. Adm. pens, (age 18) at Jesus, Oct. 20, 1802. [Eldest] s. of Henry, President of the Council of Bermuda (and Frances Bruere). B. there. School, Bermuda (Mr Richardson). Matric. Michs. 1802 ; Scholar, 1803 ; B.A. 1807; M.A. 1818. Adm. at the Inner Temple, July 16, 1802. Chief Justice of Newfoundland, 1825-33. Of Kingston, Canada, 1833-7. Married Mary Tod, and had issue. Died in Upper Clapton, Middlesex, Dec. 11, 1868. (V. Hodson; Inns of Court; Boase, in. 1031; J. B. Whitmore.) TUCKER, RICHARD THOMAS. Adm. pens, at Queens', May 5, 1824. Of the West Indies. [Eldest s. of WiUiam, West Indian merchant. From Glasgow University; matric. there, 1822.] Matric. Michs. 1824; B.A. 1828. Ord. deacon, 1830; priest, 1831. R. of St George's, Bermuda, -1847-68. Died, Apr. 23, 1888, aged 92. (Oliver, Caribbeana, iv. 82; Univ. Almanack.) TUCKER, ROBERT. Adm. pens, at Caius, 1832-3. TUCKER, ROBERT. Adm. sizar at St John's, June 27, 1851. S. of Robert, gent., of Blucher Street, London (and Fanny). B. in parish of St Mary, Newington, Apr. 26, 1832. [Schools, Newport, Isle of Wight, and Lancing.] Matric. Michs. 1851; Scholar, 1854; B.A. (35^ Wrangler) 1855; M.A. 1859. With his college friend Leonard H. Courtney (1851) made a walking- tour, planned to include the battlefields of Bosworth, Naseby, Worcester, etc., for which Courtney designed a costume which attracted much attention. At Birmingham a gaping boy, when challenged by a companion ' whether he had never seen a man before,' retorted 'Not tuv like them.' At Oakham their private room was invaded by an excited populace, to whom it had to be explained that they were not Paddy Noon and Paddy Gell, two noted prizefighters who were expected. Assistant Master at Windlesham School; at the school of the Rev. J. A. Wall, at Portarlington, 1859-64; at Brighton College, 1865; Head mathematical Master at University College School, London, 1865-99. Hon. Secretary, London Mathematical Society, 1867-1902. Hon. Secretary (and later Vice-President) of the Association for the improvement of Geometrical Teaching. Discovered 'Tucker's Circles.' Married, Apr. 1866, Elizabeth, dau. of William Byles, of Freshwater, Isle of Wight. Edited Professor W. K. Clifford's Mathematical Papers, and Elements of Dynamics. Received a Civil List pension, 1900. Died Jan. 29, 1905, at Worthing. {Lancing Reg.; Eagle, xxi. i2if. and xxvii. 276; The Times, Feb. I, 1905; F. P. White.) TUCKER, ROBERT. Adm. pens, (age 20) at Jesus, Oct. 1868. S. of Henry Robert, Esq. B. at Baltimore, U.S.A. School, Blackheath. Matric. Michs. 1868. In business in Baltimore. Lived at Ashlyns, Mount Washington. Died Sept. 11, 1950, aged 101. (F. Brittain.) TUCKER, STEPHEN. Adm. pens, (age 16) at Trinity, July 7, 1780. S. of [the Rev.] John (1739), of Canterbury. School, Canterbury. Matric. Michs. 1781; Scholar, 1783; B.A. 1785; M.A. 1788. V. of Lympne, Kent, 1789-94. V. of Lynsted, 1793. V. of Borden, 1797-1838. R. of Markshall, Essex, 1800-38. Died July 8, 1838, at Welling, Kent. Brother of John (1774). {Clergy List; Foster, Index Eccles.; G. Mag., 1838, II. 2236; Canterbury Act Bk.) TUCKER, THOMAS GEORGE. Adm. pens, at St John's, May 17, 1878. S. of Charles, coachman (and Eliza). B. [Mar. 29, 1859], at Bumham, Bucks. Schools [Northampton Grammar and] Royal Grammar, Lancaster. Matric. Michs. 1878; Scholar, 1879; Browne medal (Latin epigram), 1879 and (Greek epigram), 1880; Craven Scholar, 1881; Chancellor's medal, 1882; B.A. {Senior Classic) 1882; M.A. 1885; Litt.D. 1891. Fellow, 1882. Professor of Classics and English at University College, Auckland, New Zealand, 1883-5. Professor of Classical and Comparative Philology at Mel- bourne University, 1885-1920; Dean of the Faculty of Arts. Hon. Litt.D., Trin. Coll., Dubhn, 1892. A Trustee of the Public Library and National Gallery of Victoria. C.M.G., 1920. Married (1) Nov. 9, 1882, Annie Mary, dau. of Thomas Muckalt, of Forton Bank, near Garstang; (2) Anne Sophie Henrietta, dau. of Sir Robert Hamilton, K.C.B., and widow of Theyre A'Beckett Weigall, of Melbourne. Produced critical editions of Aeschylus, Supplices, Choephoroe; Aristophanes, Frogs; Aristotle, Poetica. Author, Life in Ancient Athens; Life in the Roman World of Nero and St Paul; Introduction to the Natural History of Language; Concise Etymological Dictionary of Latin; The Judgement and Appreciation of Literature; Commentary on the Sonnets of Shakespeare, etc. Resided latterly in Devonshire, where he died Jan. 24, 1946. (T. G. Tucker; The Times, Jan. 28, 1946; Who ivas Who). 240