C M Tuckett

Harvey Garnet Phipps Tuckett (17 November 1799 – 2 January 1854) was a British army officer, actor and actuary. Tuckett was an officer in an English cavalry regiment who, in 1838 after long service in England and India, retired on half pay to become an actor. Shortly after his retirement from the army he defended himself in a duel with Lord Cardigan, his former commanding officer, and was severely wounded in the hip. He emigrated to the U.S. and became an actuarial adviser to life insurance comp…