Tuck Baronets
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The Tuck Baronetcy, of Park Crescent in St Marylebone, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 19 July 1910 for Adolph Tuck
. He was Chairman and Managing Director of Raphael Tuck & Sons
Ltd., makers of Christmas cards, picture postcards, et cetera. The Tuck family is of German
-Jewish origin. The first Baronet's father Raphael Tuck was born in Prussia
and emigrated to the United Kingdom
in 1865.
Adolph Tuck
Sir Adolph Tuck, 1st Baronet , more commonly known as Adolph Tuck, was a British businessman and chairman of Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd. He was created a Baronet in 1910 ....
. He was Chairman and Managing Director of Raphael Tuck & Sons
Raphael Tuck & Sons
In a little shop in Bishopsgate over a century ago, began a business that would have an artistic effect on most of the civilized world. Raphael Tuck and his wife Ernestine worked together in their little shop that opened in October 1866 on Union Street in London, and the influence of that event was...
Ltd., makers of Christmas cards, picture postcards, et cetera. The Tuck family is of German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
-Jewish origin. The first Baronet's father Raphael Tuck was born in Prussia
Prussia
Prussia was a German kingdom and historic state originating out of the Duchy of Prussia and the Margraviate of Brandenburg. For centuries, the House of Hohenzollern ruled Prussia, successfully expanding its size by way of an unusually well-organized and effective army. Prussia shaped the history...
and emigrated to the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
in 1865.
Tuck Baronets, of Park Crescent (1910)
- Sir Adolph Tuck, 1st Baronet (1854–1926)
- Sir (William) Reginald Tuck, 2nd Baronet (1883–1954)
- Sir Bruce Adolph Reginald Tuck, 3rd Baronet (b. 1926)