# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-leake
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:39:41.972Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-leake"
name: "John Leake"
slug: "john-leake"
description: "Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Leake was a Royal Navy officer and politician who represented Rochester in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1708 to 1715. He served in the Third Anglo-Dutch War as a junior officer, participating in the Battle of Texel. During the Williamite War in Ireland, Leake distinguished himself by leading a convoy which broke the barricading boom at Culmore Fort and lifted the siege of Derry. As a captain he fought in the Battles of Barfleur and La Hougue of the Nine Years' War."
tagline: "English naval officer and politician (1656-1720)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vice-Admiral_John_Leake_(1656-1720)%2C_by_Godfrey_Kneller.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1656-07-04"
deathDate: "1720-08-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.8659217877094973
  historical:           8.080670666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Лик, Джон"
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    title: "جون ليكي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Leake"
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    title: "John Leake"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Leake"
    title: "John Leake"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Leake"
    title: "John Leake"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Leake"
    title: "John Leake"
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  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump