The Tuke family of York were family of Quaker innovators involved in establishing:
Rowntree's Cocoa WorksThe Retreat Mental Hospitalthree Quaker schools - Ackworth, Bootham, and The MountThey included four generations. The main Tukes were:
William Tuke III (1732-1822), founder of The Retreat at York, one of the first modern insane asylums, in 1792Henry Tuke (1755-1814)Samuel Tuke (1784-1857)James Hack Tuke (1819-1896)Hannah Tuke (1811-1869)Others included:
John Tuke (cartographer and surveyor)William Murray Tuke (1822-1903), who gained his second name from Lindley MurrayDame Margaret Jansen Tuke, D.B.E., M.A. (1862-1947) Principal of Bedford College, London UniversityHenry Scott Tuke (12 June 1858 – 13 March 1929), British painter and photographer, is best remembered for his paintings of naked boys and young men, which have earned him a status as a pioneer of gay male cultureDaniel Hack Tuke (1827–1895), was a prominent campaigner for humane treatment of the insane