Buckmaster Joseph Tuck

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• Death Notes

  Born Blackheath.
  
  SUdden death, in the prime of life, of Mr. Tuck, who for many years filled the post of medical officer of the Seaford( district of Eastbourne, and was one of its best known and most highly respected inhabitants, has cast a gloom over the town of Seaford and its neighbourhood.
  The deceased gentleman was 49 years of age, and had
  been in practice at Seaford for about twenty-five years. Previous to settling in Seaford, he occupied the post of house-surgeon at (Guy's Hospital. Mr. Tuck took an active interest in all the local institutions, and his loss will be greatly felt. He was president and surgeon of the Seaford True Blue Benefit Society, surgeon of the Seaford Loyal Lodge of Odd Fellows and of the Foresters, medical attendant of the Seaford Convalescent Home, and medical officer for *the Seaford district of the Eastbourne Union. He was also commissioner
  of taxes for the Liberty of Seaford.
  It has been said of him by one of those who knew him best:Few events of note have occurred in the town of his adoption during the past quarter of a century in which Mr. Tuck did not take a foremost part. lie was very sanguine as to the future of Seaford as a
  watering-place, and was ever ready to help forward anything that would coi(luce to the prosperity of the town. He, in conjunction with the late Dr. Tyler Smith, took considerable interest in the drainage of the town and sanitary affairs generally. He promoted the formation of a local board for Seaford, and filled the position of chairman of that body up to the time of his death."
  Mr. Tuck was elected a member of the corporation soon after his arrival in Seaford, and, in a short time, became one of its most active members. As a Justice of the Peace he performed his duties with marked ability.
  The post mortem examination showed that there was extensive fatty degeneration of the heart and that death had resulted from rupture of the right auricle.
  (Article from the British Medical Journal 1886 Dec 4)