Samuel Tuke, 1st Baronet ( c1615 - 1674 )

Birth: c.1615 Death: Somerset House, Strand, London, England, Europe (26 January 1674) Burial: Somerset House chapel, London, England, Europe Education: Gray's Inn (admitted 14 August 1635) Career: Colonel in the Royalist Army (1642-1648); went into exile in France (1649-1660); Envoy to the French Court (1660, 1661); published the play 'The Adventures of Five Hours' in English (1661; 1671) Honours: Kt and Bt 1664 Membership: Original Fellow Election Date: 20/05/1663 Committee appointments include: Committee for Foreign Correspondence (1661) Committee to consider propagating cider-fruit all over England (1663) Mechanical Committee (1664) Committee for Correspondence (1664) Other RSActivity: While abroad, acted as a correspondent in Paris, in particular with the Academy of Sciences at Paris.