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Family tradition is that our ancestor was
Robert Duke of Newpark, Sligo, Ireland who died about
1677 but there is a gap in the family tree. This page
covers the times when the Dukes lived in Dublin. The first Duke from the Sligo family to go to the West Indies was Mansergh Pace DUKE. He qualified as a doctor in 1874 in Dublin; he become a missionary doctor in the West Indies. His brother, Valentine De Saumarez Duke went out to Ceylon as a young doctor, in the late1870s. Other Dukes returned to the UK and settled in England This page records obituaries of some of this family. |
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page created: September 2010 updated 22 November 2011 |
VALENTINE DUKE MD, DUBLIN [ source:
British Medical Journal, 22 February 1873] The late Dr Valentine Duke was the eldest son of Dr Alexander Duke of Lucan, Co Dublin. He was born in 1812, and studied under Dr. Cusak in Dublin, became MD of Edinburgh in 1836 and a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. His first public appointment was to Baltimore Dispensary, Co. Kildare. He afterwards removed to Dublin, and became Physician to the Friends Lunatic Asylum, Bloomfield Retreat, Donnybrook. He was the author of An Essay on Cerebral Affections of Children,which obtained the prize of the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association in 1848, and of Physiological Remarks upon the Causes of Consumption. He also contributed various papers to the medical journals. In 1868 Dr Duke's health began to fail, and in consequence he was obliged to retire from practice. He died on January 22nd, at his residence at Black Rock. VALENTINE DUKE MB [ source: British Medical Journal, 7 April 1906] Deputy-inspector-general Valentine Duke, MB, RN, Examining Medical Officer for Recruiting Duties, Birmingham, died in this city on March 6th, aged 62. He joined the Royal Navy as a Surgeon, September 7th 1867; was made Staff Surgeon, December 20th, 1878; Fleet Surgeon, December 22nd, 1887; and Deputy-Inspector-General on retirement, January 5th ,1899. He was Fleet Surgeon of the Calliope at Apia, Samoa, in March, 1889, in the "terrible hurricane which " (according to CAptain Kane's report) "caused disaster unprecidented since the introduction of steam;" and on which occasion the Lords of the Admiralty expressed their high approval of the conduct of the officers and men. |
