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About Capt. Edmund Tuke, JP
CAPTAIN EDMUND TUKE, sometime of the New Zealand Militia, arrived in New Zealand by the ship “Cornwall,” in 1851. He took up land in the Hawke's Bay district for a sheep run in 1863. When the Maori war broke out Captain Tuke was appointed by Sir George Grey, as second in command, under the late Colonel J. Fraser, of the Military Settlers, and saw active service on the East Coast, for which he received the New Zealand war medal. He was also, for eighteen months, in command of the guard over the native prisoners, numbering 340, at the Chatham Islands, but was not there when they escaped, the guard having been removed. In Gudgeon's “Heroes of New Zealand” a long report appears, written by Captain Tuke, on the state of the prisoners at that date and before their escape. Captain Tuke was one of the founders of the Masonic Lodge Scinde in Napier, and a Justice of the Peace. He died on the 19th of March, 1901. Source: http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc06Cycl-t1-body1-d2-...
DEATH OF CAPTAIN TUKE. BY TELEGRAPH.— PRESS ASSOCIATION.] ' Napier, Tuesday. The death is announced of Captain Tuke, who took a prominent part in the native war. He arrived in the ship Cornwall in 1851, and ,Then the war broke out was appointed by Sir George Grey as second in command, under Colonel J. * Eraser, of the Military Settlers. He saw active service on the East Coast, for which he received the New Zealand war medal. He was also for 18 months in charge of native prisoners at the Chatham Islands, but was not there when they escaped. Deceased was in his 75th year. _ The late Captain Tuke was instrumental in 1863 in enlisting 150 of the Hawke's Ray military settlers, in the South Island, with the assistance of Sergeant-Major Scully. He was then sent to Poverty Bay, and afterwards with his men built a* redoubt on the Ngaruroro River, Hawke's Bay. He was present at the fight at Petone, near Napier, when many Hauhaus were killed. He was soon afterwards sent to the Chatham Islands, in command of a guard of 30 men, and sailed in the St. Kilda for the Chathams in 1865, with 60 prisoners taken at Omaranui end other places, relieving his brother, Major Tuke. One of the prisoners was the noted Te Kooti, who escaped in 1868. Captain Tuke was ordered back to Wellington in 1808, with the greater part of the guard and the released chiefs. In 1869 he served under Colonel McDonnell in the fighting against Te Kooti and the Hauhaus, south of Lake Taupo. While he was in' charge of the prisoners in the Chatham Islands he wrote to Sir Donald McLean, warning him that he thought some evil was brewing amongst the natives, as Te Kooti was making some stir. A commissioner (Major Edwards) was sent down, and he recommended tie strengthening of the guard, the building of another redoubt, etc. Unfortunately, however, these precautions were not taken, and the escape of Te Kooti and his followers was the result. Source: New Zealand Herald( 20 March 1901, p. 5). https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19010320.2.34
Formerly Judge of Native Court, Commissioner of Police for Colony, and Acting Under-Secretary for Defence, New Zealand
Note: relevance? Sun 09 Nov: Banns read for the first time between a Mr T.E. Tuke, a chief cabin passenger, & Kate Looney **...... in the evening there was dancing on the quarter-deck until about 1 am. [** marriage between Edmund LUKE & Catherine LONELY on 08 Dec at 11am] https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~nzbound/genealogy/cornwall.htm
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Capt. Edmund Tuke, JP's Timeline
| 1826 |
November 10, 1826
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Dulwich, Southwark, Greater London, England (United Kingdom)
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November 10, 1826
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St. Mary, Lewisham, Kent, England (United Kingdom)
Ref: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J3MY-NJ5 : 11 February 2018, Edmund Tuke, 10 Nov 1826); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 307,679, 307,680, 307,681, 307,682, 307,683. |
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| 1853 |
June 11, 1853
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Wellington, North Island, New Zealand
Birth Registration Number: (reg. 1853/2418). |
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| 1855 |
June 10, 1855
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Te Mata, Hawke's Bay, North Island, New Zealand
Birth Registration Number: (reg. 1855/3723). |
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| 1857 |
1857
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Napier, Hawke's Bay, North Island, New Zealand
Birth Registration Number: (reg. 1857/4220). |
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| 1860 |
January 18, 1860
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Aorangi, Hawke's Bay, North Island, New Zealand
Birth Registration Number: (reg. 1860/6338). |
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| 1863 |
November 5, 1863
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Redclyffe, Hawke's Bay, North Island, New Zealand
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| 1901 |
March 19, 1901
Age 74
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Napier, Hawke's Bay, North Island, New Zealand
Death Registration Number: (reg. 1901/718). Death Notice: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19010319.2.53 |
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March 1901
Age 74
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Old Napier Cemetery, Napier, Hawke's Bay, North Island, New Zealand
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