Leake
Encyclopedia
Places
- Leake, Lincolnshire
- West LeakeWest LeakeWest Leake is a small village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe district of Nottinghamshire. It is on the Kingston Brook, between the larger village of East Leake to the east and Kingston to the west; the parish of Sutton Bonington lies to the south. The parish church is St. Helena's Church, West...
and East LeakeEast LeakeEast Leake is a large village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe district of Nottinghamshire, England, although its closest town and postal address is Loughborough across the border in Leicestershire. It has a population of around 7,000. The original village was located on the Sheepwash Brook. ...
, Nottinghamshire - Leake, North YorkshireLeake, North YorkshireLeake is a hamlet and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England, about six miles north of Thirsk....
- Leake County, MississippiLeake County, Mississippi-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 20,940 people, 7,611 households, and 5,563 families residing in the county. The population density was 36 people per square mile . There were 8,585 housing units at an average density of 15 per square mile...
People
- Bernard Elgey LeakeBernard Elgey LeakeBernard Elgey Leake is Emeritus Professor of Geology at the University of Glasgow, wasLeverhulme Emeritus Fellow at Cardiff University 2000-2002 and has been an Honorary ResearchFellow at Cardiff University since 1997....
(1932-), British geologist - George LeakeGeorge LeakeGeorge Leake CMG QC was Premier of Western Australia from 27 May 1901 to 21 November 1901, and again from 23 December 1901 until his death on 24 June 1902.-Early life:...
(1856-1902), Australian politician - John LeakeJohn LeakeSir John Leake was an English Admiral in the Royal Navy and a politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1708 to 1715.Leake was born at Rotherhithe, the second son of Richard Leake, Master Gunner of England....
(1656-1720), British Admiral - John George Leake (1752-1827), lawyer who founded the Leake and Watts Children's Home
- Joseph Bloomfield LeakeJoseph Bloomfield LeakeJoseph Bloomfield Leake was an attorney and an Iowa State Senator who entered the Union Army during the American Civil War. He became a Brevet Brigadier General before the war was over. After the war he became the U.S...
(1828-1918), American Civil War Brevet Brigadier General and U.S. District Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois - Walter LeakeWalter LeakeWalter Leake served as a United States Senator from Mississippi and as Governor of Mississippi .He was the first Governor of Mississippi to die in office...
(1769-1825), US politician - William Leake (disambiguation)William Leake (disambiguation)William Leake may refer to the following people:* William Leake, father and son , London publishers and booksellers* William Leake , England international rugby union player...
, several people - Arthur Martin-LeakeArthur Martin-LeakeLieutenant Colonel Arthur Martin-Leake, VC and Bar was an English double recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces...
, awarded two Victoria Crosses