There were three successive generations of the Luck Family who served in the British Army and rose to the rank of Colonel. They have memorials in St Mary’s church, West Malling, at the top of the High Street. The Luck estate (including The Hermitage – the family home) was large and included the land on which now stands this school and the Roman Catholic church to the East. The Luck coat of arms is shown in a window of a building on the old Luck estate, and in stone above a door.
The three colonels are:
Colonel Everard Thomas Luck JP, 1844 – 1916.
Colonel Brian John Michael Luck, CMG, DSO, JP, 1874 – 1948.
Colonel Richard Frederick Luck, OBE, 1907 – 1963.
Within the Luck family as well was General Sir George Luck, GCB a very significant figure in the Army. He has his own entry in this website.
The family has pedigree from the time of Henry 11 and the Coat of Arms was proved by the Herald in 1634 at Rotherfield Sussex where they appear to have been inter-alia ironmasters.
Ashford & Tenterden Canterbury, Herne Bay and Whitstable Dover, Deal & Sandwich Faversham, Isle of Sheppey and Sittingbourne Folkestone, Hythe & Romney Marsh Gravesend & Dartford Maidstone Margate, Broadstairs & Ramsgate Rochester, Chatham & Gillingham Sevenoaks Tonbridge and Malling Tunbridge Wells