The Peek Baronetcy, of

Rousdon Rousdon is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Combpyne Rousdon, in the East Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. It is off the A3052 road between Colyford and Lyme Regis in Dorset. In 1931 the parish had a popu ...

in the County of

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, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 13 May 1874 for

Henry Peek Sir Henry William Peek, 1st Baronet DL (26 February 1825 – 26 August 1898) was an importer of spices, tea and other groceries, philanthropist and Conservative Member of Parliament (MP). Parents, marriage and residence Peek was born in 182 ...

. He was an importer of spices, tea and other groceries, a philanthropist and Conservative

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for Surrey Mid. The second Baronet was an astronomer and meteorologist; the third Baronet was high sheriff of

in 1912.

Peek baronets, of Rousdon (1874)

* Sir Henry William Peek, 1st Baronet (1825–1898) *Sir Cuthbert Edgar Peek, 2nd Baronet (1855–1901) * Sir Wilfrid Peek, 3rd Baronet (1884–1927) * Sir Francis Henry Grenville Peek, 4th Baronet (1915–1996) * Sir William Grenville Peek, 5th Baronet (1919–2004) * Sir Richard Grenville Peek, 6th Baronet (born 1955)

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