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Francis
Tuck |
Cambridge University AFC
uncapped
1879 |
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The Reverend Francis Johnson Tuck BA |
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Birth |
Thursday, 23 October 1856 in Wymondley
House, Little Wymondley, Hertfordshire [registered in Hitchin,
December 1856] |
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Baptism |
25 January 1857 in Little Wymondley |
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According to the 1861 census, four year old
Francis J. is the fifth of six children to John J. and Lucy (née Girling),
and along with four servants they live at Wymondley House, a private
school in Little Wymondley. His father is a clerk in the Holy Orders and a
schoolmaster. |
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According to the 1871 census, now living at
Mansion House (the same?) private school in Little Wymondley. The 14 year
old Francis is a scholar at Eton College and is living with three of his
siblings with his parents, three servants and numerous pupils. |
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According to the 1881 census,
Francis J. is an assistant schoolmaster, lodging at Wellington College in
Sandhurst.
According to Berkshire Electoral Registers 1886, Francis
was living in the Masters' Room of Wellington College. |
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Marriage |
to Ethel Mary Woodroffe at St.
Stephen's Church in Kensington, 27 December 1888. [registered
in Kensington, December 1888] Stated as living at Eton College.
"On
the 27th ult., at St. Stephen's, South Kensington, by the Rev. Duncan
Woodroffe, rector of Stroxton, Lincolnshire, brother of the bride,
assisted by the Rev. A. Johnson Tuck, recor of Great Munden, Herts,
brother of the bridegroom, the Rev. Francis Johnson Tuck, of Eton College,
youngest son of the Rev. John Johnson Tuck, of Hertford, to Ethel Mary,
youngest daughter of John Edwards Woodroffe, of 90, Cornwall Gardens,
South Kensington." - Brighton Gazette, Thursday, 3 January 1889. |
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According to the 1891 census, Francis J., a
clerk in Holy Orders himself, and his wife, Ethel M., are visiting the
home of the widowed Ellen Heath (!!?) at Lovers Cottage in Holdenhurst.
They have one son, one year old Gerald Louis Johnson (b. 26 November 1889
at Eton
College). |
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"INDUCTION
OF THE VICAR
"On Monday, September
3rd, the Rev. Francis Johnson Tuck was inducted by the Bishop of Thetford
to this living, on the presentation of the Provost and Fellows of Eton
College. The ceremonial portions of the induction, i.e., the
ringing the bell and the laying of the hand upon the door key having been
gone through, the newly-inducted Vicar cordially invited the parishioners,
of whom a large number had congregated outside the north door of the
church, to enter the sacred building and join with him in a service of
prayer and praise to Almighty God." - Norwich Mercury, Saturday, 15
September 1900. |
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According to the 1901 census, clergyman
Francis Johnson and his wife are now living at The Vicarage in Sedgeford,
along with three more children, Noel Johnson (b.7 January 1892 at 90
Cornwall Garden, South Kensington), Duncan Johnson and Percy
Hubert Johnson (b.26 November 1899 at Eton College). They have three servants (a house maid, a cook and a
nurse). |
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birth notes: |
It does look like that Gerald and Percy were born exactly ten years apart,
26 November 1889 and 1899, both at Eton College. The Oxfordshire
Telegraph, 4 December 1889 and The Morning post, 29 November 1899 confirm
it. |
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According to the 1911 census, Francis Johnson,
a clerk in Holy Orders, and his wife have one more child, their fifth and
only daughter, Delia Mary. She is one of two children, the other being the
eldest, Gerald, along with the three servants and a niece, they remain at
Sedgeford Vicarage.
According to Norfolk Electoral Registers, from
1901 until his death, The Rev. Francis was living at The Vicarage in
Sedgeford. |
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Death |
Friday, 15 July 1921 in The Old
Rectory in Wavenden, Fenny Stratford in Buckinghamshire,
aged 64 years 265 days [registered in Newport Pagnell, September 1921].
Buried in Woburn Sands, Monday, 19 July 1921. |
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Obituary |
"DEATH OF
THE VICAR.—
"The death occurred at the residence of his sister, Wavendon Old Rectory,
Woburn Sands, on the 15th inst., of Rev. Francis Johnson Tuck, M.A., Vicar
of Sedgeford, and Rector of Southmere, in his 65th year. He was educated
at Eton and in due course he obtained a scholarship at King's College,
Cambridge; and in the mathematical tripos came out as 17th wrangler. From
Cambridge he obtained a mastership at Wellington and was subsequently
appointed assistant master at his old school. When the living of Sedgeford
fell vacant in 1900 he accepted it as a place of honourable and useful
retirement. He was an Alpine climber of considerable note, and his
lectures on that subject will be remembered. He also excelled in football:
indeed, his football was of sufficient excellence to carry him to the
verge of the promised land for international footballers, but he just—and
only just—failed to obtain his colours. He had many fine qualities,
not the least being his extreme conscientiousness. He was at one time
Chairman of the Sedgeford Parish Council, and his rulings were always
marked with fairness and impartiality. Of late years his health prevented
him from taking much interest in parochial affairs, the death of his third
son, Capt. Duncan Johnson Tuck, of wounds, in France, in July, 1916,
having come as a great shock to him. In January, he went on an extended
tour of France and Italy, and had only recently returned to England,
suffering, it is understood, from jaundice. He leaves a widow, three sons
and one daughter."
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The Lynn Advertiser, Wisbech Constitutional
Gazette, and Norfolk & Cambridgeshire Herald, Friday, 22 July 1921. |
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Probate |
"TUCK
the reverend Francis Johnson of Sedgeford Vicarage Kings Lynn
Norfolk
clerk died 15 July 1921 at The Old Rectory Wavenden Fenny Stratford
Buckinghamshire Probate
London 3 November to
Gerald Louis Johnson Tuck lieutenant-colonel late H.M. Army and Noel
Johnson Tuck captain H.M. Army.
Effects £17600 17s." |
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Cambridge University Alumni |
Admission at King's, a scholar from Eton: 13 October 1876.
[fifth] son of the Rev.John Johnson (1829), of
Wymondley Parva, Herts.
born 23 October 1856. Matriculated Michs. 1876; 1874, B.A.
(18th Wrangler) 1880. Football (assoc.) 'blue' 1879.
Ordained deacon (Oxford) 1883; priest, 1886. Assistant Master at
Wellington College, 1880-5; at Eton, 1885-1900.
Reverend of Southmere
with Sedgeford, Norfolk, 1900-21. Author, Elements of Geometrical
Drawing.
Married, 26 December 1888, Ethel Mary, youngest daughter
of John Edward Woodroffe, of South Kensington. Died 15 July 1921.
brother of Alfred J. (1867). -
(Crockford) |
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Playing Career |
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Club(s) |
Played for
Cambridge University AFC and Old Etonains AFC. Turned out for Reading FC
in 1880-81 and Windsor FC in 1885. |
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Club honours |
not known |
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Height/Weight |
not known |
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England Career |
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Position(s) |
Back |
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Individual honours |
not known |
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Beyond England |
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none |
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The Numbers |
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parties |
reserve |
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Match History
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Age 22 |
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9 |
1 March 1879 - England vs. Scotland, Surrey Cricket Ground, Kennington |
Fr |
postponed
- frost |
res |
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