Somerville Pinkney Tuck (September 24, 1848 – April 14, 1923) was an American judge who served on the International Court of Appeals in Egypt and was regarded as "one of the leading jurists and lawyers of Europe.

"From 1882 to 1885, he was the Commissioner of the Court of Alabama Claims, and in 1885 was appointed by Secretary Bayard as special agent to search for evidence in England, France, Spain, Belgium, and the West Indies in relation to the French spoliation claims, at which time he secured evidence of the capture and condemnation of more than 1,500 vessels.

[6] In 1894, President Grover Cleveland recommended Tuck to succeed Ernest Howard Crosby as one of the judges of the International Court in Egypt,[6] a mixed tribunal which decided questions between native and foreign populations.

[1] In November 1908, upon the recommendation of President Theodore Roosevelt, he was chosen as a Judge of the International Court of Appeals and was stationed in Alexandria, where he stayed until his retirement in 1920.

[9] Together, they were the parents of: Tuck died in Menton in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region on the French Riviera, close to the Italian border, on April 14, 1923.