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PECK, WILLIAM AWDRY, eldest son of Jasper Kenrick Peck, Lincoln’s Inn, barrister, and Mary, second dau. of Christopher Heath, Byng Place, Gordon Square, London; b. 6 Aug 1861; adm. 26 Jan 1874; exhibitioner 1875; QS 1876; Mure Scholar 1878; Capt. of the School 1879; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1880, matr. 15 Oct 1880; BA 1884; MA 1889; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 8 May 1884, called to bar 22 Jun 1887; equity draughtsman and conveyancer; Conveyancing Counsel to Supreme Court from 3 Nov 1932; Hon. Secretary, Elizabethan Club 1890-9; m. 20 Aug 1914 Frances Ellen Van Heythusen, widow of Alfred Benton Blythe, Esher, Surrey, [solicitor ?] and dau. of William Budd MD FRS, Bristol; d. 16 Dec 1933.

Peck, Oliver Jasper, son of Edward Francis Peck (qv); b. 23 Jan. 1922; adm. Sept. 1935 (H); left July 1940; Wadham Coll. Oxf., matric. 1940 but did not graduate; 2nd Lieut. Roy. Signals Nov. 1941, Lieut. May 1947, Capt. Jan. 1949, Maj. Jan. 1956; psc, jssc; Lieut.-Col. Aug. 1964, Col. July 1968, Brig. July 1970; OBE (milit.) 1966; retd June 1975; m. 26 Feb. 1949 Joan Margaret, d. of George John William Horner of Newby Hall, Ripon, Yorks.

PECK, JOHN; b.; adm.; KS 1675; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1679, adm. sizar 19 Jun 1679, aged 16, scholar 1680.

PECK, JOHN HERBERT, brother of William Awdry Peck (qv); b. 23 Nov 1868; adm. 23 Sep 1880 (H); left Aug 1881; readm. 26 Jan 1883; left Aug 1885; RMC Sandhurst Dec 1887; 2nd Lieut., Royal Dublin Fusiliers 24 Apr 1889; Lieut., 10 Aug 1891; Capt., 24 Apr 1900; Indian Army; Maj., 24 Apr 1907; Lieut. -Col., 24 Apr 1915; transferred to supernumary list 1 May 1916; in civil employ, Cantonment Magistrates’ Dept., from 1906; retd. 24 Apr 1921; m. 20 Dec 1901 Margaret Jane Ada, second dau. of Edward Batt MD, Harold Road, Upper Norwood, Surrey.

Peck, Jasper Augustine, son of John Herbert Peck (qv); b. 14 July 1905; adm. Sept. 1919 (KS); left July 1924; Univ. Coll. Oxf., matric. 1924, BA 1928; called to the Bar (Inner Temple) Nov. 1930; South-Eastern Circuit and Chancery Bar; RA 1940-5, (Staff Capt. Judge Advocate-General's dept); sen. legal asst Colonial Office 1945, asst legal adviser 1950-65, retd 1965; CMG 1965; m. 18 Dec. 1939 Olwen, d. of Lieut.-Col. Eliot Crawshay-Williams of Coed-y-Mwstwr, Glam.; d. 18 Oct. 1980.

PECK, HENRY CECIL, brother of William Awdry Peck (qv); b. 11 Sep 1865; adm. 27 Sep 1877 (H); QS 18 Jun 1880; left May 1884; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 11 Oct 1884; BA 1887; MA 1891; a master at St. Clare Coll., Walmer, Kent; d. unm. 3 Jan 1897.

PECK, FRANCIS, son of Rev. Francis Peck, Rector of Saltwood, Kent, and Margaret Ruck; b. 31 Oct 1685; adm.; QS 1702; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1706, adm. pens. 28 May 1706, scholar 25 Apr 1707; BA 1709/10; MA 1713; ordained deacon 4 Jun 1710, priest 24 Dec 1710 (both Ely); Vicar of Orlestone, Kent 21 Oct 1710-5; joined the Nonjurors early 1715; the critical meeting, which resulted in the formal split over the Usages controversy, was held at his chambers in Thavies Inn 19 Dec 1717 (Chruch Quarterly Review, xci, 281); took an important part in the preparation of the famous Ancient Liturgies, to which he contributed the preface; m. 1719 Mrs Longford, widow; d. Jan 1724/5.

PECK, EDWARD FRANCIS, brother of William Awdry Peck (qv); b. 27 Mar 1867; adm. 26 Sep 1878 (H); QS 25 Oct 1881; left Apr 1884; adm. solicitor Dec 1890; m. 6 Jan 1909 Elizabeth Mary Christian, youngest dau. of James Armstrong, Sutherland Avenue, Paddington.

PECHER, JOHN; b.; GS 1540 (British Library, Add. MSS 40061).

PECHELL, THOMAS BROOKE, eldest son of Sir Thomas Brooke-Pechell, Bart. (qv); b. Jul 1784; adm. 23 Jan 1794 (Clapham); in school list 1795; left 1797; d. 25 Aug 1799.