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CHARLES A. TULK. 1201
first formation till his decease; and a few years since he was present
at its Anniversary Meeting, when he made an impressive speech in
commendation of the object of the Society. " Mr. Noble concludes,
"We confess that we are desirous to establish the claim of the New
Church to Mr. Flaxman ; and we are happy at being able to do so
beyond the possibility of question; for any Church would be proud
to rank among her members a man, whose talents and whose virtues
made him an ornament to human nature."
NOTE 233.
CHARLES A. TULK.
was
Mr. Charles Augustus Tulk, who is mentioned in Document 266
(p. 555) in connection with Mr. Flaxman,232 and Mr. Clowes,2
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the son of John Augustus Tulk, mentioned in Note 228. From a
"Brief Sketch of the Life, Character, and Religious Opinions of the
late Charles Augustus Tulk" by Mrs. Hume-Rothery, which was
published in 1850 in Boston, we extract the following particulars
respecting him :
Mr. Tulk was born in June, 1786, at Richmond, Surrey. After
finishing his education in Westminster School, he was entered
for the bar, but never prosecuted the profession, partly from dis
inclination, and partly because his father’s large fortune rendered
his application to a profession unnecessary in a pecuniary point of
view. In September, 1807, when only one and twenty, he married
Susannah Hart ; a union of pure attachment which resulted in deep
and lasting happiness. Twelve children were born of this union;
seven of whom, five sons and two daughters, survived their father.
Mr. Tulk was for many years a member of the House of Commons .
He was first elected for Sudbury in 1821, and sat for Poole at
a later period; he at last relinquished his seat, because his close
attendance in the House seriously affected his health. While in
parliament, he took a zealous and active, though not prominent, part
in affairs: the Roman Catholic Relief Bill, the Reform Bill, and
various measures for improving the condition of factories, were among
those in which he took the greatest interest; though on no subject
did he make long or frequent speeches. He was also for many years
an active county magistrate. He first acted as such, in the county
of Middlesex, in 1836 ; and, from that period till 1847, when ill
health compelled him to relinquish his exertions, he was invariably
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