William Hallam Tuck (November 20, 1808 – March 17, 1884) was a lawyer, judge and banker who served as a justice of the Maryland Court of Appeals from 1851 to 1861.

Early life

Tuck was born in

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on November 20, 1808. He was a son of William Archable Tuck (1774–1813) and Cave Williams ( Mulliken) Tuck. His grandfather was Revolutionary War soldier William Tuck and his uncle was Washington Greene Tuck, a prominent Annapolis furniture maker who was Superintendent of the Maryland State House and a veteran of the

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. He attended St. John's College in Annapolis, graduating in 1827.

Career

Tuck was admitted to the bar and began practicing law. He was a member of the House of Delegates for

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from 1836 to 1843, during which he served as Speaker of the House of Delegates in 1837. From 1872 to 1875, he served in the Maryland Senate representing Anne Arundel County. In 1851, he was a member of Maryland's Constitutional Convention. Tuck was appointed as a Judge of the Circuit Court of Anne Arundel and Calvert counties by Governor

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before becoming a Judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals from 1851 until 1861 when he was defeated for re-election to the court by a Unionist candidate,

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of Montgomery County. Also prominent in business, he was a director of the

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, and served as president of the First National Bank of Annapolis, the Citizens' Bank of Annapolis and of the Traders' National Bank of Baltimore. He was also a member of Board of Governors and Visitors of his alma mater, St. John's College. At the time of his death, he was president of the Board of County Commissioners, having been appointed to that office by Governor

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Personal life

On June 22, 1843, Tuck was married to Margaret Sprigg Bowie Chew (1818–1885), a daughter of Ann Maria Bowie ( Brookes) Chew and Philemon Lloyd Chew, twice a member of the Governor's Council. She was also the great niece of Gov.

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. Together, they were the parents of: * Maria Louisa Chew Tuck (b. 1845), who never married. *

Somerville Pinkney Tuck Somerville Pinkney Tuck Jr. (May 3, 1891 – April 21, 1967) was an American diplomat. Early life "Kippy" Tuck was born on May 3, 1891, in New Brighton, Staten Island, New York. He was a son of Somerville Pinkney Tuck (1848–1923) and Emi ...

(1848–1923), who married Emily Rosalie Snowden Marshall, daughter of Col. Charles Marshall of Baltimore, a

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and aide-de-camp to General

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. * Philemon Hallam Tuck (1852–1917), a lawyer who married Grace Devries, a daughter of William Devries. After her death, he married Dorcas V. Jamieson, daughter of Philip Jamieson of Toronto. Tuck died in Annapolis on March 17, 1884. His widow died almost one year later on March 12, 1885.

Descendants

Through his son Somerville, he was a grandfather of

William Hallam Tuck William Hallam Tuck (November 20, 1808 – March 17, 1884) was a lawyer, judge and banker who served as a justice of the Maryland Court of Appeals from 1851 to 1861. Early life Tuck was born in Annapolis, Maryland on November 20, 1808. He was a s ...

(1890–1965), diplomat

(1891–1967), and businessman Alexander John Marshall Tuck (1892–1955).

References

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