Henry Peek

Sir Henry William Peek, 1st Baronet DL (26 February 1825 – 26 August 1898)[2] was an importer of spices, tea and other groceries, philanthropist and Conservative Member of Parliament (MP).

[3] He married in 1848, Margaret Maria (d 1884), second daughter of William Edgar of Clapham Common, Surrey.

[4] At the 1865 general election he was an unsuccessful candidate in the Eastern division of Surrey but a new dual-member constituency was created along its western belt (Mid Surrey) under the Second Reform Act, where he was elected in 1868 MP.

[5] Hansard shows he made 93 speeches or questions in Parliament, from 1869 to 1884, contributing in each year.

[2] Sir Henry's probate was resworn in 1900 as leaving assets of £418,584.8 (equivalent to about £57,200,000 in 2023) and his son died the next year.

Peek House then known simply as Rousdon, as Peek created a village there in the parish of Combpyne, south-east Devon
Position and size of his Georgian dominant house at the west end of its short high street and south of the extremely large Wimbledon Park, soon generally carved out around its edges into smaller mansions and the tennis venue.