Person Tuke; Sir; Samuel (c 1615 - 1674); 1st Baronet; royalist army officer and playwright Tuke Samuel Sir royalist army officer and playwright c 1615 - 1674 British Male c 1615 1615 Somerset House, Strand, London, England, Europe 26 January 1674 0 Burial: Somerset House chapel, London, England, Europe

Education: Gray's Inn (admitted 14 August 1635) Career: Colonel in the Royalist Army (1642-1648); went into exile in France (1649-1660); Envoy to the French Court (1660, 1661); published the play 'The Adventures of Five Hours' in English (1661; 1671) Honours: Kt and Bt 1664 Parents: George Tuke of Frayling and Elizabeth Wase Married: 1) Mary Guldeford 2) Mary Sheldon Children: incl. Charles Tuke (died at Battle of the Boyne) Additional relatives: cousin of John Evelyn (FRS 1663) Tuke was involved in the Siege of Colchester in 1648 and was commissioner to the besieged after surrender. As a Royalist, he spent most of the Protectorate in exile in France, where he developed a reputation as a skilled duelist. After converting to Catholicism in 1659, he was an advocate for claims of loyal Catholics to a remission of penal laws and petitioned the House of Lords on their behalf multiple times. Committee and panels: Committee for Foreign Correspondence (1661); Committee to consider propagating cider-fruit all over England (1663); Mechanical Committee (1664); Committee for Correspondence (1664) Original Fellow 20/05/1663 While abroad, acted as a correspondent in Paris, in particular with the Academy of Sciences at Paris; Offered observations on agricultural matters (1661); Conducted experiments and observations on the ordering and generation of Colchester oysters (1662) Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; ODNB References: Faure-Fremiet, E. 1966. 'Les Origines de l'Academie des Sciences de Paris', in Notes and Records, vol. 21, pp. 20-31 Notes: The election date is Tuke's re-election date into the Society after the grant of the second charter in April 1663. All Fellows admitted in a two-month window after this charter, until 22 June 1663, are considered Original Fellows. He was previously elected on 6 March 1661. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://pictures.royalsociety.org/results?mi_search_type=adv&mi_adv_search=yes&adv_person_id=AUTH8591 - 26 Jan 1674 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 21/12/2021 as part of Name Authority Project update. NA4977 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 17/03/2026 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/57914006 89ca5ba0-e3cc-44f7-b684-99bf8387e6ea