William Murray Tuke
William Murray Tuke, was a British tea merchant and banker.
Early life
William Murray Tuke was born in 1822, the son of Samuel Tuke and Priscilla Hack, the daughter of James Hack of Chichester, and his wife, Hannah Jeffreys.
Career
Tuke was a tea merchant and a banker. He had a "substantial tea business in York". Tuke founded a bank in Essex, Gibson, Tuke & Gibson. Jabez Gibson, an uncle of the partner George Stacey Gibson, had been a founder of Saffron Walden Museum in 1835, and Tuke who lived at The Vineyard near Saffron Walden donated several objects to the museum.
He married Emma Williams Their son William Favill Tuke became a banker, serving as the Chairman of Barclays Bank from 1934 to 1936.
Death
Tuke died in 1903.